New Albion, NY is a small town in upstate New York that has seen major growth over the past few decades. With new people and businesses coming to the area, the political landscape of New Albion has shifted dramatically. Currently, there are five members on the town council who are responsible for making decisions and enacting legislation in the town. Each member is elected by the citizens of New Albion to serve a two-year term. In addition to these members, the mayor serves as an additional voting member of the council and is also elected by the citizens for a four-year term. The politics in New Albion aim to improve conditions for its residents while striving to maintain efficiency and fiscal responsibility. Recently, several local initiatives have been implemented such as expanding public transportation services as well as creating more green spaces throughout town. As a result, it is clear that New Albion is taking steps towards becoming a prosperous and progressive community.
The political climate in New Albion, NY is moderately conservative.
Cattaraugus County, NY is strongly conservative. In Cattaraugus County, NY 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cattaraugus county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.7% to 34.2%.
Cattaraugus county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Albion, NY is moderately conservative.
Cattaraugus County, New York is strongly conservative.
Olean Metro Area is strongly 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.
New Albion, 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 New Albion, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 92 contributions totaling $2,173 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $2,684 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)