The politics in 14215 Buffalo, NY are of great importance to the community. The area is represented by Representative Brian Higgins in the U.S. Congress and by Senator Charles E. Schumer in the United State Senate. Local government is mainly managed by Erie County, which has a County Executive and a 15-member county legislature with representation from each region of the county, including 14215 Buffalo, NY. At the local level, Buffalo city is governed by a Mayor who is elected for four year terms and members of Common Council who are elected for two year terms from nine districts throughout the city. All levels of government strive to promote economic growth and social welfare initiatives across 14215 Buffalo, NY through strategic planning and public involvement in order to improve conditions for all residents within their jurisdiction.
The political climate in Zip 14215 (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 14215 (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 14215 (Buffalo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 327 contributions totaling $14,376 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $2,175 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)