Jamestown, NY is a small city in western New York with a population of around 31,000. The city has its own local government which is responsible for the day to day running of the city. It consists of a mayor and four council members who are elected by the local people every two years. The current mayor is Eddie Sundquist and there are various other candidates for the council seats. Local politics focuses on issues such as crime prevention, economic development, infrastructure improvements, public health and safety, and education. The mayor's office also works to maintain positive relationships with the local businesses, residents, non-profits, religious groups and other organizations in order to create a thriving community for all citizens.
The political climate in Jamestown, NY is leaning conservative.
Chautauqua County, NY is moderately conservative. In Chautauqua County, NY 38.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chautauqua county remained very strongly Republican, 58.8% to 38.9%.
Chautauqua county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jamestown, NY is leaning conservative.
Chautauqua County, New York is moderately conservative.
Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia Metro Area is moderately conservative.
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.
Jamestown, New York: r r d r R R
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 Jamestown, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 788 contributions totaling $53,132 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 294 contributions totaling $55,921 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)