Olcott, NY is a small town located in Niagara County in the western part of New York State. Despite its small size, it has an active political presence. Politically, Olcott is represented by numerous local organizations and leaders that advocate for the community's interests and concerns. These include several local political organizations such as the Olcott Democratic Club and the Olcott Conservative Party as well as public officials like the Mayor and Town Council Members. These individuals work together to ensure the residents have access to necessary resources and services such as fire protection, public safety, education, jobs, healthcare access, transportation infrastructure, and more. Through their work together they strive to maintain a high quality of life for all of the residents of Olcott.
The political climate in Olcott, NY is somewhat conservative.
Niagara County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Niagara County, NY 44.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Niagara county remained moderately Republican, 53.8% to 44.2%.
Niagara county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Olcott, NY is somewhat conservative.
Niagara County, New York is somewhat conservative.
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.
Olcott, New York: d d d d 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 Olcott, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 170 contributions totaling $2,749 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $13,699 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $856 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)