14171 West Valley, NY is a small rural community located in Upstate New York. It is an area that has historically seen little political involvement and activity. There are no current local political candidates running for any office in the area, and there has been limited engagement with community members regarding politics. Despite this lack of involvement, the citizens of 14171 West Valley remain engaged and interested in the decisions and events occurring within their community. They attend public meetings and take part in discussions to ensure their voice is heard. Additionally, they stay informed about local policies and laws that may affect them or their community as a whole. While not all citizens are politically active, they make sure they have their voices heard through different means.
The political climate in Zip 14171 (West Valley, NY) is strongly conservative.
Cattaraugus County, NY is strongly conservative. In Cattaraugus County, NY 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cattaraugus county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.7% to 34.2%.
Cattaraugus county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 14171 (West Valley, NY) is strongly conservative.
West Valley, New York is strongly conservative.
Cattaraugus County, New York is strongly conservative.
Olean Metro Area is strongly 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.
West Valley, New York: R R R 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 14171 (West Valley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $227 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $2,300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $767 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)