Clarence Center, NY is a town located in the suburbs of Buffalo, New York. It is a small, tight knit community with a population of around 8,000 people. Despite its small size, the politics in Clarence Center are influential and important to those who call it home. The town is served by an elected Town Board of three members, including one supervisor and two councilmen. They work together to ensure that the town’s interests are represented and regularly collaborate with local organizations on projects ranging from improving public parks to promoting volunteerism among citizens. Beyond local government officials, the citizens of Clarence Center also take part in regional and state-level elections in order to have their voices heard throughout New York State.
The political climate in Clarence Center, NY is leaning conservative.
Erie County, NY is somewhat liberal. In Erie County, NY 56.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Erie county remained strongly Democratic, 56.5% to 41.7%.
Erie county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clarence Center, NY is leaning conservative.
Erie County, New York is somewhat liberal.
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.
Clarence Center, New York: D D D D d D
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 Clarence Center, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 414 contributions totaling $117,059 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $283 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 676 contributions totaling $262,074 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $388 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)