Brant, NY is a small town in upstate New York with a population of just under 4,000 people. The politics in Brant are quite diverse and involve many local political candidates from both major parties. In recent years, the town has seen two mayoral elections between current Mayor Robert Pouliot and his challenger Don Maxwell. Maxwell ran on a platform of fiscal responsibility and re-investment in the town’s infrastructure, while Pouliot emphasized public safety and maintenance of existing civic services. The election was close but Pouliot won out in the end by a slim margin. Though there are more conservative-leaning political views represented within the town’s government, many locals feel that Brant is open to progressive ideas and values as well. Local residents are encouraged to get involved with their community through voting for candidates that they support or attending various civic events throughout the year.
The political climate in Brant, 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
Brant, 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.
Brant, 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 Brant, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 676 contributions totaling $136,689 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $34,485 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $565 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)