Hamburg, NY is a vibrant town located in Erie County, New York. The community has a rich political history, with local elections being held to determine the town's leadership. Hamburg has a mayor-council form of government, which consists of five council members and the mayor who each serve two year terms. Every year citizens are given the opportunity to vote for their preferred candidate in both municipal and county elections. The town's political parties range from traditional republicans and democrats to smaller parties such as the Working Families Party and Libertarian Party. This diversity of political opinion gives citizens the chance to elect officials that best represent their needs and wants. Hamburg also hosts many forums throughout the year where candidates can meet with residents and discuss important issues that affect them. These events allow citizens to be informed on current politics in their community and help them make educated decisions when voting.
The political climate in Hamburg, 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
Hamburg, 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.
Hamburg, 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 Hamburg, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,077 contributions totaling $655,143 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,242 contributions totaling $603,144 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $486 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)