The city of Jamestown, NY is located in Chautauqua County and is a small city with a total population of about 31,000 residents. Jamestown has a mayor-council form of government and its current mayor is Samuel Teresi. The city council consists of nine members representing seven wards. All members are elected by the citizens of Jamestown for four year terms. The city council is responsible for making laws, developing policies to govern the city, and approving budgets. Additionally, all residents can vote in both state and national elections for candidates that represent their interests. Jamestown takes its citizens’ voices seriously and encourages everyone to participate in civic engagement on a local level to ensure that their needs are addressed in the best way possible.
The political climate in Zip 14701 (Jamestown, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Chautauqua County, NY is moderately conservative. In Chautauqua County, NY 38.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chautauqua county remained very strongly Republican, 58.8% to 38.9%.
Chautauqua county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 14701 (Jamestown, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Jamestown, New York is somewhat conservative.
Chautauqua County, New York is moderately conservative.
Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia Metro Area is moderately conservative.
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.
Jamestown, New York: r r d 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 14701 (Jamestown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 788 contributions totaling $53,132 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 294 contributions totaling $55,921 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)