Depew, NY is a small village located in the town of Cheektowaga in Erie County. The village was established in 1894 and has a population of 15,303 persons according to the 2019 United States Census. Depew has a local government that plays an important role in maintaining the quality of life for its citizens. The village is governed by a Mayor and four trustees who are elected at-large to four-year terms as per the Village Charter. The Mayor and Board members have worked hard to ensure that residents receive high quality services such as police protection, garbage collection, snow removal, road repairs and many other public works projects. They also advocate for economic development opportunities within the village including attracting new businesses and revitalizing existing ones. Additionally, they strive to maintain fiscal responsibility while meeting the needs of residents. All of this is done with an eye towards ensuring that Depew remains a safe and welcoming environment for all its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 14043 (Depew, 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 14043 (Depew, NY) is somewhat liberal.
Depew, 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.
Depew, 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 14043 (Depew)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 437 contributions totaling $26,856 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 66 contributions totaling $17,957 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $272 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)