Silver Creek, NY is a small town with a population of just over 3,000 people. It is a quaint and peaceful place that prides itself on its strong sense of community. The politics in Silver Creek are fairly typical of small towns across the US. there is minimal political activity or engagement with local government, but this is largely due to the fact that most residents do not feel the need to get involved due to the low levels of crime in the area. Some local candidates have run for office in recent years, but their campaigns tend to be more focused on other issues such as infrastructure development and job creation rather than political positions or parties. In general, Silver Creek's residents are content with the way things are and do not feel the need to become overly involved in politics.
The political climate in Silver Creek, NY is somewhat conservative.
Chautauqua County, NY is moderately conservative. In Chautauqua County, NY 38.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chautauqua county remained very strongly Republican, 58.8% to 38.9%.
Chautauqua county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Silver Creek, NY is somewhat conservative.
Chautauqua County, New York is moderately conservative.
Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia Metro Area is moderately 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.
Silver Creek, New York: r r d 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 Silver Creek, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 117 contributions totaling $3,846 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $4,369 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)