Salamanca is a small town located in Western New York, nestled in the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains. This community has a long history of civic involvement and commitment to local democracy. The town prides itself on being an actively engaged and informed community. Residents participate regularly in municipal meetings, local elections, and other forms of civic engagement. Political candidates running for office are often well-known in the community and their platforms are discussed at length before election day. Each candidate seeks to represent the views and concerns of Salamanca’s citizens while also looking out for the best interests of the entire town. By keeping up with local news sources, attending town meetings, and staying active in political conversations, Salamancans are able to ensure that their voices are heard in all matters regarding local politics.
The political climate in Salamanca town, 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
Salamanca town, 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.
Salamanca town, 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 Salamanca town, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 153 contributions totaling $213,358 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,395 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $196,395 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)