Lewiston, NY is a charming village located in Niagara County. While Lewiston does not have its own local political candidates, citizens of the area are engaged with politics at the county and state level. The Village Board of Trustees, which consists of five trustees elected every two years, works to ensure that village services remain up to date and efficient. Lewiston is also home to many active and vocal citizens who strive to make their voices heard in local politics. Frequent meetings are held by members of the community to discuss current events and discuss how they can work together to bring about positive change. Local organizations such as the Lewiston Civic Association are also active in the area, advocating for important issues such as health care reform, environmental protection, and economic development. It is clear that while Lewiston may not have any direct political representation on a local level, its citizens remain passionate about politics and strive for meaningful change at all levels of government.
The political climate in Lewiston, NY is leaning 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
Lewiston, NY is leaning 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.
Lewiston, 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 Lewiston, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,968 contributions totaling $227,363 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 627 contributions totaling $143,839 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $229 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)