The politics in Almond, New York are an interesting mix of local and national issues. Locally, the town is represented by a mayor-council form of government. The mayor serves as the main executive officer of the city and has broad powers that include issuing ordinances and executive orders. The council is composed of five members each representing one of Almond's five wards. Elections for city officials are held every two years with all registered voters eligible to vote. On the national level, Almond falls within the boundaries of the 22nd Congressional District and its residents are represented by Congressman Tom Reed. Issues that affect Almond’s citizens include taxes, education, healthcare, infrastructure development, and environmental protection.
The political climate in Almond, 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
Almond, 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.
Almond, 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 Almond, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,278 contributions totaling $33,164 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 181 contributions totaling $40,116 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $222 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)