The small town of Lockport, NY is located in Niagara County and has a population of over 21,000 people. Politics in this area are mainly focused on local issues such as infrastructure, health care, and education. Lockport is a part of the 3rd District in the New York State Assembly and its current representative is Joseph Giglio. Additionally, Lockport is part of the 60th District in the New York State Senate and represented by Robert G. Ortt. The city also holds elections for Mayor every two years and the incumbent Mayor Michael Tucker was re-elected to his third term in 2017. There have been several controversial topics discussed at City Council meetings over recent years including zoning changes and budget decisions. With these issues affecting residents of Lockport directly, it is important that citizens stay informed about their local political candidates and voice their opinion when it comes to voting time.
The political climate in Zip 14094 (Lockport, NY) is leaning conservative.
Niagara County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Niagara County, NY 44.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Niagara county remained moderately Republican, 53.8% to 44.2%.
Niagara county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 14094 (Lockport, NY) is leaning conservative.
Lockport, New York is leaning conservative.
Niagara County, New York is somewhat conservative.
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.
Lockport, New York: d d d d 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 14094 (Lockport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 619 contributions totaling $56,801 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 211 contributions totaling $93,326 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $442 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)