Alma, NY is located in Allegany County and is a small town with a population of just over 1,000 people. It has a strong sense of community and many organizations that serve their residents. Politically, Alma is home to a wide range of opinions as well as candidates from both major political parties. Local elections are held every two years to decide who will represent the citizens in their town government. During these elections, candidates discuss important issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, and education funding. By electing representatives from different backgrounds and ideologies, Alma ensures that its local governing body reflects the diverse perspectives of its citizens.
The political climate in Alma, NY is strongly conservative.
Allegany County, NY is very conservative. In Allegany County, NY 29.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allegany county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.0% to 29.1%.
Allegany county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Alma, NY is strongly conservative.
Allegany County, New York is very 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.
Alma, New York: R R R 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 Alma, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 193 contributions totaling $54,958 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $285 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 507 contributions totaling $3,218,954 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $6,349 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)