The small town of 14170 West Falls, New York is home to a vibrant community with a rich political history. Despite its size, the town is known for its active participation in local politics and has had a number of important figures serve in various roles over the years. While most recently the town has seen no indication of any upcoming or current elections or campaigns, the people are still passionate about their local government and have many discussions when it comes to state and national issues that impact them. The town is split between two congressional districts and they often pay close attention to who their representatives are and what they are doing. Residents feel strongly connected to their local government and take pride in being part of this historic town with a long tradition of civic engagement.
The political climate in Zip 14170 (West Falls, 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 14170 (West Falls, NY) is leaning liberal.
West Falls, 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.
West Falls, 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 14170 (West Falls)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 39 contributions totaling $6,312 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $4,350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)