Newfane, NY is a small town located in Niagara County. The town is home to about 7,700 people and is known for its rural beauty and close-knit community. Newfane has an elected Town Board that consists of four members who serve staggered four year terms. These four members are responsible for the supervision of all operations within the town, including financial matters, public safety, planning and building regulations, and many other aspects of local government. The current members of the Town Board are elected on a nonpartisan basis and work together to create policy that best serves the citizens of Newfane. In addition to their work on the Town Board, these individuals also actively engage with local organizations and committees to ensure that all residents’ voices are heard and respected in decisions made by the board.
The political climate in Newfane, NY is somewhat conservative.
Niagara County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Niagara County, NY 44.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Niagara county remained moderately Republican, 53.8% to 44.2%.
Niagara county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Newfane, NY is somewhat conservative.
Niagara County, New York is somewhat conservative.
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.
Newfane, New York: d d d d 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 Newfane, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,100 contributions totaling $76,248 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 282 contributions totaling $134,842 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $478 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)