Sardinia, New York is a small town located in Erie County with an estimated population of 2,000 residents. Despite its size, there is an active political environment that impacts the lives of the citizens in the community. The Town Supervisor and four Town Council members are voted into office for four-year terms. In addition to these elected positions, there are several appointed positions to serve the community. These include chairs of various committees such as the Community Planning Board, the Parks and Recreation Committee, and more. Community members have opportunities to engage in local politics by attending meetings, voicing their opinions on issues affecting their town, as well as running for positions on the board or committee themselves. With proactive political participation from local citizens, Sardinia can remain a vibrant and thriving community that meets the needs of its residents.
The political climate in Sardinia, NY is leaning conservative.
Erie County, NY is somewhat liberal. In Erie County, NY 56.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Erie county remained strongly Democratic, 56.5% to 41.7%.
Erie county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sardinia, NY is leaning conservative.
Erie County, New York is somewhat liberal.
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.
Sardinia, New York: D D D D d D
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 Sardinia, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 160 contributions totaling $8,415 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 106 contributions totaling $20,752 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $196 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)