Lockport, NY is a small city located along the Erie Canal in western New York. Politically, it is part of Niagara County and is represented at the local level by a Mayor and City Council members. The current mayor of Lockport is Michael W. Tucker, who was first elected in 2017. The City Council consists of seven members, each representing one of seven wards within the city. All members are elected to four-year terms on a nonpartisan basis. Issues that have been addressed by the City Council recently include improved infrastructure, public safety measures, economic development initiatives, and community development programs. Locally-elected officials strive to ensure that Lockport remains an attractive city for businesses and families alike.
The political climate in Lockport, 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
Lockport, 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.
Lockport, 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 Lockport, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 619 contributions totaling $56,801 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 211 contributions totaling $93,326 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $442 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)