Carrollton, NY is a small town located in the Catskill Mountains of New York. Although it is a rural area, it has an active political life. There are several local candidates running for office this year, each with different views on how to best serve Carrollton’s needs. The candidates include a current town supervisor, a former police chief, a community leader and an environmental activist. Each of these candidates has their own vision for Carrollton and will be fighting hard to win the votes of the people living there. With such an interesting mix of candidates representing different values and ideas, it promises to be an interesting election season in Carrollton this year.
The political climate in Carrollton, NY is moderately conservative.
Cattaraugus County, NY is strongly conservative. In Cattaraugus County, NY 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cattaraugus county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.7% to 34.2%.
Cattaraugus county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carrollton, NY is moderately conservative.
Cattaraugus County, New York is strongly conservative.
Olean 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.
Carrollton, 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 Carrollton, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 103 contributions totaling $4,234 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $13,332 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $342 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)