Angola on the Lake, NY is a small community located in Erie County. Although it is a relatively quiet town, there are some important political issues that the residents of Angola on the Lake face. The town has a small population but it has representation in local government. Elected officials and members of the Board of Education serve the interests of their constituents by listening to their needs and responding accordingly. There are also local committees and organizations that work to improve conditions for all citizens in the community. In addition, there are state and federal representatives who work to represent Angola on the Lake at higher levels of government. Overall, politics in Angola on the Lake involve getting involved locally to ensure that decisions made at all levels benefit everyone in this unique part of New York State.
The political climate in Angola on the Lake, NY is leaning liberal.
Erie County, NY is somewhat liberal. In Erie County, NY 56.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Erie county remained strongly Democratic, 56.5% to 41.7%.
Erie county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Angola on the Lake, NY is leaning liberal.
Erie County, New York is somewhat liberal.
Buffalo-Cheektowaga 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.
Angola on the Lake, 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 Angola on the Lake, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 129 contributions totaling $17,540 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $27,938 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $931 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)