The town of Otto, NY is a small rural community located in Cattaraugus County. It is known for its quiet, close-knit atmosphere and quaint downtown area. Politics in the town are largely based on local issues such as school budgets, taxes and infrastructure projects. There are several candidates running for local offices in Otto who have different views on how to best address these issues. Most candidates focus on improving the quality of life for residents by increasing access to education and healthcare, while keeping taxes low. The townspeople of Otto are passionate about their politics and take pride in electing officials who will make decisions that benefit all of their citizens.
The political climate in Otto, NY is strongly conservative.
Cattaraugus County, NY is strongly conservative. In Cattaraugus County, NY 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cattaraugus county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.7% to 34.2%.
Cattaraugus county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Otto, NY is strongly conservative.
Cattaraugus County, New York is strongly conservative.
Olean Metro Area is strongly conservative.
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.
Otto, 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 Otto, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $3,427 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $2,299 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)