The politics of Lake Erie Beach, NY are highly contested and important to the local community. Every two years, residents have the opportunity to choose candidates for mayor and city council who they believe will best serve their interests. These candidates must demonstrate a commitment to the issues that matter most to the residents, such as job growth, education, public safety and environmental protection. During elections, debates often focus on these issues and how each candidate plans to address them. There is also a lot of community engagement in local politics as citizens come together to discuss their opinions and concerns about current events. This contributes to a strong sense of political awareness in Lake Erie Beach, NY which encourages dialogue and civic participation among its citizens.
The political climate in Lake Erie Beach, NY is leaning liberal.
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
Lake Erie Beach, NY is leaning liberal.
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.
Lake Erie Beach, 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 Lake Erie Beach, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 129 contributions totaling $17,540 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $27,938 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $931 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)