Buffalo, NY 14214 is a diverse city with an active political landscape. The area is represented by Representatives Brian Higgins in Congress and Tim Kennedy in the New York State Senate. At the local level, the Common Council consists of nine Council Members representing each of Buffalo's nine districts. Their duties include creating policies, approving budgets, and enacting legislation for the benefit of their constituents. In addition to these elected officials, various civic groups are actively engaged in advocacy and policy-making. From neighborhood block clubs to community organizations and labor unions, citizens have many opportunities to get involved in politics and effect change in their communities.
The political climate in Zip 14214 (Buffalo, NY) is moderately 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
Zip 14214 (Buffalo, NY) is moderately liberal.
Buffalo, New York is moderately 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.
Buffalo, 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 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 zip 14214 (Buffalo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,390 contributions totaling $226,666 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $36,914 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $626 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)