Rochester, NY is a small city with a population of about 210,000 people. It is the third-largest city in New York State and is home to many diverse cultures. The political landscape in Rochester is made up of many different entities. At the local level, there are three City Council members elected to represent each of the city’s three wards. Each ward also has its own representative on the County Legislature. Additionally, there are representatives for areas such as education and transportation that oversee some of the bigger issues affecting Rochester. On the national level, Rochester is represented by two United States Representatives and two United States Senators. In each election cycle, local political candidates run for office in order to best represent their constituencies on these important issues.
The political climate in Zip 14626 (Rochester, NY) is somewhat liberal.
Monroe County, NY is moderately liberal. In Monroe County, NY 59.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.3% to 38.2%.
Monroe county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 14626 (Rochester, NY) is somewhat liberal.
Rochester, New York is somewhat liberal.
Monroe County, New York is moderately liberal.
Rochester Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
New York is moderately liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Rochester, New York: d d D D D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 14626 (Rochester)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 318 contributions totaling $30,890 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 251 contributions totaling $67,052 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $267 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)