Harris Hill is a small town in New York State with a population of about 3,000 people. The town's politics are mainly focused on local issues such as the maintenance of the town parks and recreation areas, the improvement of educational opportunities for students, and initiatives to help local businesses thrive. Local elections are held every two years and residents can vote for their preferred candidates. The current mayor is John Smith, who has been in office since 2018 and has been instrumental in developing an array of initiatives that have improved the quality of life in Harris Hill. He has worked diligently over the past few years to improve infrastructure, attract more visitors to the town, and make sure its citizens have access to quality healthcare, education, and employment opportunities.
The political climate in Harris Hill, 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
Harris Hill, 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.
Harris Hill, 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 Harris Hill, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,776 contributions totaling $500,065 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 881 contributions totaling $565,700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $642 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)