Lyons, NY is home to a vibrant political scene with many candidates from various parties vying for local office. The town of Lyons is part of Wayne County and has been an important part of the history and political landscape for many years. Despite its small size, Lyons' local politics are active and influential. Candidates regularly canvass the streets to inform residents about their platforms and engage with them in order to best represent their interests. The town also holds regular meetings at which citizens can come speak about their concerns and ask questions directly to their representatives. Many current and former state lawmakers have come from the area, making Lyons a notable place for New York State politics.
The political climate in Lyons, NY is somewhat conservative.
Wayne County, NY is moderately conservative. In Wayne County, NY 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained very strongly Republican, 58.6% to 39.0%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lyons, NY is somewhat conservative.
Wayne County, New York is moderately conservative.
Rochester 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.
Lyons, 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 Lyons, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 90 contributions totaling $3,880 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $6,164 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)