The politics in 14034 Collins, NY are influenced by the local, state and national level. The town is part of Erie County and is represented by several elected officials at each level. At the local level, the town is represented by a Town Supervisor who oversees the government operations of the municipality. At the state level, they are represented by several members of the New York State Senate and Assembly in Albany. At the national level, they are represented by Representative Brian Higgins from New York's 26th congressional district and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand from New York. All these leaders work together to ensure that their constituents' needs are being addressed on both a local and a broader scale.
The political climate in Zip 14034 (Collins, NY) is leaning 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 14034 (Collins, NY) is leaning liberal.
Collins, New York is leaning 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.
Collins, 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 14034 (Collins)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 74 contributions totaling $3,241 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $1,684 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $561 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)