The small town of 14775 Ripley, NY is a quiet and peaceful area that is home to many families. Despite its small size and rural location, the town plays an important role in local politics. The town has two City Council members who work closely with the mayor to ensure their community’s needs are met. They can be contacted directly by residents to address any concerns or ideas they may have. In addition, Ripley is part of a larger county government system where representatives from the larger county meet and decide on aspects such as taxation and zoning. There are also state level elections in which citizens from Ripley can participate in order to influence policies outside of the local level. Overall, there are plenty of opportunities for citizens of 14775 Ripley to get involved in politics at both local and larger levels.
The political climate in Zip 14775 (Ripley, NY) is moderately 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 14775 (Ripley, NY) is moderately conservative.
Ripley, New York is moderately 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.
Ripley, 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 14775 (Ripley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 83 contributions totaling $361 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $4 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $901 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)