The town of Tonawanda in 14150 is located in upstate New York and is a small suburban community. The political atmosphere in the town is relatively quiet, with most decisions being made on a local level by an elected body. The Town Supervisor and Town Council are responsible for making decisions that affect the day-to-day operations of the community, including budgeting, taxes, infrastructure projects, and other municipal services. The Town Council consists of seven members who are elected to four-year terms by popular vote. All citizens aged 18 or older residing within the town are eligible to vote in elections, which take place every two years. In recent years, candidates have run on platforms of public safety improvements and revitalizing the local business districts.
The political climate in Zip 14150 (Tonawanda, NY) is somewhat 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 14150 (Tonawanda, NY) is somewhat liberal.
Tonawanda, New York is somewhat 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.
Tonawanda, 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 14150 (Tonawanda)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 809 contributions totaling $44,699 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 178 contributions totaling $20,011 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)