Red House, NY is a small town located in upstate New York. The local political atmosphere is centered around the three-member Town Council, who hold regular public meetings where members of the community can discuss issues and make their voices heard. The Town Council works together to shape policies that affect the entire Red House community, including budgetary decisions, infrastructure repairs and improvements, zoning regulations, safety initiatives, and more. Local elections are held every two years to determine who will sit on the council for the next term; candidates must be over 18 years of age and be residents of Red House for at least one year prior to running. Voters have a choice between several different local candidates who are all vying for their vote. Residents take part in these elections to ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to important decisions in town.
The political climate in Red House, NY is moderately 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
Red House, NY is moderately 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.
Red House, 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 Red House, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 175 contributions totaling $213,599 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,221 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $196,395 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)