Avoca, NY is a small town located in upstate New York near the Finger Lakes. Politically, it is a fairly conservative area and votes mainly Republican in local, state and federal elections. The political climate here is dominated by conservative values and the issues that are important to locals involve smaller government, lower taxes, more freedom and less regulation. Local politicians often campaign on these issues in order to attract voters and garner support for their election bids. Avoca also has a strong sense of community pride, so many candidates focus on improving the quality of life for residents by creating jobs, providing access to healthcare services and supporting local businesses.
The political climate in Avoca, NY is moderately conservative.
Steuben County, NY is strongly conservative. In Steuben County, NY 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Steuben county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 34.2%.
Steuben county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Avoca, NY is moderately conservative.
Steuben County, New York is strongly conservative.
Corning 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.
Avoca, 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 Avoca, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 141 contributions totaling $13,162 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 124 contributions totaling $18,465 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)