Rochester, NY is the third-largest city in New York State and a major hub of political activity. Located in Monroe County, Rochester has a long history dating back to 1803 when it was first established. It is currently represented by several representatives on the local, state, and federal level. The current mayor of Rochester is Lovely Warren, who was sworn into office in 2014. Mayor Warren is a Democrat and has been working to bring progress and innovation to the city through initiatives such as creating jobs through public/private partnerships and improving access to education for all residents. Rochester is also represented in Congress by Joseph Morelle, who serves as the representative for New York's 25th congressional district. He has worked to promote job growth and economic development throughout the region as well as advocating for social justice issues such as protecting women's rights and fighting climate change. As part of his commitment to making Rochester an inclusive place to live, he has created a task force focused on strengthening relationships between law enforcement officers and citizens.
The political climate in Zip 14609 (Rochester, NY) is moderately 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 14609 (Rochester, NY) is moderately liberal.
Rochester, New York is moderately 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 14609 (Rochester)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,388 contributions totaling $55,518 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $9,924 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)