The small rural town of Bolivar, NY is located in the southwestern corner of Allegany County. It has a population of around 1,700 people and is home to a variety of businesses and industries. The local government is run by the Town Board, which consists of five elected officials. Every year, citizens vote for candidates to serve on the Town Board. There are usually several politically active citizens who participate in local elections, campaigning for their preferred candidates and attending public forums and debates. Generally speaking, people in Bolivar tend to support conservative values like fiscal responsibility and limited government intervention. The local political scene is often divided between those who want smaller government with fewer regulations as well as those who advocate for more governmental oversight and involvement in everyday life.
The political climate in Bolivar, 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
Bolivar, 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.
Bolivar, 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 Bolivar, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $435 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $655 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)