Buffalo, NY 14228 is a city full of vibrant history and culture. It is home to over 250,000 people and is the second-largest city in New York State. The city's political landscape is shaped by the many local candidates who are running for office each election cycle. These candidates come from many backgrounds and ideologies, representing the diversity of Buffalo’s population. They work together to create policies that can benefit those living in the city, from improving public transportation to providing more funding for education initiatives. Local politicians strive to make Buffalo a better place for all citizens through their ideas and leadership, no matter which party they belong to or what their stance on any particular issue may be.
The political climate in Zip 14228 (Buffalo, NY) is somewhat 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 14228 (Buffalo, NY) is somewhat liberal.
Buffalo, New York is somewhat 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 14228 (Buffalo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 812 contributions totaling $86,331 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 81 contributions totaling $37,566 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $464 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)