Grand Island, NY is located in the Niagara region of New York State and is a town full of history and culture. The town has a wide array of political views from grassroots activists to local candidates who campaign for election each year. Grand Island residents are passionate about their community and have been known to vote in large numbers during local elections. Although the town does not have its own political party, residents often join forces across party lines in order to better serve their community interests. Town leaders also work with elected officials from surrounding cities and towns to ensure that any decisions made reflect the best interests of Grand Islanders. In addition, local organizations such as the Grand Island Civic Association actively seek out new ways to engage citizens in politics and keep them informed on current issues.
The political climate in Grand Island, 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
Grand Island, 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.
Grand Island, 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 Grand Island, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,828 contributions totaling $109,082 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 346 contributions totaling $86,656 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)