Gates, NY is a growing suburban community located in Monroe County. The town is full of modern amenities, as well as a strong sense of community and local pride. Politically, the town is largely Conservative leaning, with Republicans dominating the voting booth in most elections. However, municipal and school board elections tend to be more competitive and often feature candidates from both major political parties vying for the vote. Despite the political divide that exists nationally, Gates residents have united around issues that affect their daily life such as taxes, development projects, public safety and education. The community takes an active role in its own governance by hosting forums and meetings to discuss important topics. Ultimately, politics in Gates are focused on local issues that impacts residents directly - not national policies or ideologies.
The political climate in Gates, 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
Gates, NY 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.
Gates, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Gates, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,883 contributions totaling $312,766 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 902 contributions totaling $217,895 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $242 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)