Rochester, NY is a lively city that is home to many diverse residents. It also has a rich political history and is represented by several local officials in various positions. There are two congressional districts that encompass Rochester. The 25th district which includes parts of Monroe County and the 28th district which includes the entirety of Monroe County. Both districts are represented by Democratic Congresswomen: Joseph Morelle for the 25th and Louise Slaughter for the 28th. At the state level, Rochester is part of New York's 136th Assembly District, which is represented by Harry Bronson. Rochester also has three state senators that represent it: Joe Robach (56th district), Rich Funke (55th), and Ted O'Brien (53rd). Each one of these elected officials work hard to ensure the citizens of Rochester have their best interests at heart and can always count on them to advocate for their needs.
The political climate in Zip 14611 (Rochester, NY) is strongly 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 14611 (Rochester, NY) is strongly liberal.
Rochester, New York is strongly 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 14611 (Rochester)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 199 contributions totaling $112,612 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $566 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $1,660 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)