The small town of Houghton, NY is located in 14744 and is home to roughly 1,800 people. Political activity in Houghton centers around local elections, as the town has no congressional representatives or senators. Local politics in the area focus on issues that directly affect the quality of life for residents such as taxes, public safety, infrastructure and local services. Major political debates often revolve around how best to manage the town’s limited resources while providing necessary services to the community. Residents can get involved with local politics by attending Town Board meetings and voicing their opinions on important issues. Additionally, residents can express their views by voting for or against candidates running for local office, such as Mayor, Supervisor and Town Judge.
The political climate in Zip 14744 (Houghton, NY) is strongly conservative.
Allegany County, NY is very conservative. In Allegany County, NY 29.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allegany county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.0% to 29.1%.
Allegany county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 14744 (Houghton, NY) is strongly conservative.
Houghton, New York is strongly conservative.
Allegany County, New York is very conservative.
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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.
Houghton, New York: R R R R R R
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 14744 (Houghton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $319 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $1,058 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)