Royalton, NY is a small town with a population of around 10,000 people. It is served by a mayor-council government system and the current mayor is Bob Smith. The town has its own police department and fire department staffed by local citizens. The town is served by two City Council members who are elected from two wards in the city and serve four year terms. The council meets regularly to discuss issues that affect Royalton residents such as infrastructure, taxes, education, and safety. Overall, Royalton has a friendly political atmosphere where open dialogue between their officials and citizens makes for well-informed decisions that are beneficial for everyone in the community.
The political climate in Royalton, 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
Royalton, 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.
Royalton, 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 Royalton, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 982 contributions totaling $86,031 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 380 contributions totaling $140,024 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $368 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)