Cattaraugus County, NY is a rural county in the western part of New York State. It is governed by an elected Board of Legislators who set and enforce laws for the area. The county has numerous townships and villages with their own local governments such as mayors, town supervisors, or council members. State representatives and senators from Cattaraugus County are also elected to represent the residents in Albany. In addition, each of these legislative bodies oversees different local concerns such as education, public safety, health care, infrastructure development, and more. Through their respective offices, they work together to ensure that Cattaraugus County's residents have access to the best possible services available.
The political climate in 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
Cattaraugus County, NY 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.
Cattaraugus, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Cattaraugus County, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,336 contributions totaling $290,351 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 393 contributions totaling $266,137 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $677 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)