The politics in Buffalo, NY 14206 are diverse and ever-changing. The city is the second most populous city in New York State, with a population of over 258,000 people. The city is largely Democratic but there are many different political views represented within the community. Local candidates for office have included members of both major parties, as well as minor party candidates, and independent challengers. In recent years, debates have focused on issues such as economic development and job growth, education reform, public safety, and social justice initiatives. Voting trends in the area have been largely supportive of Democratic candidates and efforts to address these issues. However, local activists have also had success campaigning for different approaches to government services and programs that they feel would better serve the local community. As a result, residents of the area are engaged with their political landscape and actively participate in elections when given the opportunity to do so.
The political climate in Zip 14206 (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 14206 (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 14206 (Buffalo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 157 contributions totaling $7,340 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $15,633 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $401 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)