Boston, NY is a city with a long and storied history of political involvement. It is the birthplace of several prominent figures in American history, such as John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and John Hancock. In the present day, Boston's politics are dominated by the Democratic Party, with many progressive policies that reflect the city's diverse population. The Mayor of Boston is Marty Walsh, who was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017. There are also several state representatives from Boston serving in the Massachusetts Legislature. On the national level, Boston elects two senators to represent their interests in Washington D.C., Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey. Issues important to the citizens of Boston include education reform, healthcare reform, economic opportunity for all citizens and environmental protection.
The political climate in Boston, NY is leaning conservative.
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
Boston, NY is leaning conservative.
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.
Boston, 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 Boston, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,364 contributions totaling $456,744 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 833 contributions totaling $265,606 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $319 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)