Farnham, NY is a small town located in the central region of the state. Although not much is known about its politics, it does have a local town government that is responsible for setting policies and handling citizen needs. The mayor of Farnham is elected every four years and has traditionally been a member of the Republican party. The Town Council is composed of six members, with two representatives from each of the three districts in the town. Elections are held every two years to determine who will make up the Town Council and who will serve as Mayor. Additionally, there are several local committees that citizens can become involved in who help set policy and review budgetary items for discussion by the Town Council. Overall, Farnham has a moderate political climate with its representatives working together to ensure that all decisions made in town are beneficial for both residents and businesses alike.
The political climate in Farnham, 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
Farnham, 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.
Farnham, 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 Farnham, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 56 contributions totaling $41,515 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $741 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $1,927 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)