14127 Orchard Park, NY is an area with a strong sense of political engagement. The local community meets to discuss a variety of political issues and decisions which affect the town. Residents actively participate in the local political process by attending town meetings and forums throughout the year, as well as engaging in public dialogue on various issues. Every year, a number of local political candidates put their names forward for election. These candidates have varying backgrounds and ideas for running the 14127 Orchard Park area, aiming to make it more prosperous and equitable for all citizens. While there are some disagreements amongst residents when it comes to politics, the majority rallies together to support policies that will make their community stronger and better.
The political climate in Zip 14127 (Orchard Park, 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 14127 (Orchard Park, NY) is leaning liberal.
Orchard Park, 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.
Orchard Park, 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 14127 (Orchard Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 976 contributions totaling $165,318 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 250 contributions totaling $101,298 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $405 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)