The small town of Stockton, NY is located in Chautauqua County and is home to a population of just under 1,000 people. The town has a long history of political involvement, with several local candidates running for office in recent years. The most prominent of these candidates is Jeff Snyder, who ran as a republican for the State Assembly seat in the 2017 election. He lost to the incumbent Democrat candidate but gained significant support from the citizens of Stockton for his dedication to the community. Other locally recognized politicians include David Wilfong, who ran as an independent candidate for county legislator in 2016 and Don Emhardt, who served as mayor for two terms before resigning in 2020. On the national level, Stockton is represented by Congressman Tom Reed and Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand. All three are actively involved in policy making on subjects that affect the citizens of Stockton such as healthcare, infrastructure and education.
The political climate in Zip 14784 (Stockton, 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 14784 (Stockton, NY) is moderately conservative.
Stockton, 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.
Stockton, 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 14784 (Stockton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)