Sanborn, NY is a small town located in Niagara County, New York. It is home to approximately 4,000 people and is an important part of the local community. Although Sanborn is fairly small, it has a vibrant political scene with several local candidates vying for elected office. The most recent election featured three candidates running for mayor: incumbent Mayor Joe Smith, challenger Steve Johnson, and independent candidate Mary Ross. Mayor Smith was re-elected to a second term after a heated campaign focused on taxes, economic growth, and public safety. The town council also had several contested races in which incumbent members faced challengers from both major parties. All the candidates ran on platforms that promised to address issues like infrastructure improvements, job growth opportunities, and enhancing educational opportunities throughout the town. Ultimately, the voters chose candidates who shared their vision for Sanborn’s future and supported initiatives that would benefit the entire community.
The political climate in Sanborn, 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
Sanborn, 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.
Sanborn, 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 Sanborn, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 134 contributions totaling $3,548 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $10,900 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $606 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)