The politics of 14203 Buffalo, NY are dominated by the Democratic party due to the city's large population. The city has elected a variety of democratic representatives to office in recent years, including Mayor Byron W. Brown and several members of the Buffalo Common Council. On the state level, 14203 is represented by State Senator Timothy Kennedy and Assemblymember Crystal Peoples-Stokes. These elected officials help to shape policies that affect all citizens in Buffalo. In addition to these political figures, there are also many active organizations and civic groups that engage in advocacy initiatives throughout the city. These efforts work together with the state government to ensure that residents have access to resources and services needed for all aspects of life within 14203.
The political climate in Zip 14203 (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 14203 (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 14203 (Buffalo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 145 contributions totaling $131,728 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $908 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 63 contributions totaling $273,736 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $4,345 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)