The small town of 14787 Westfield, New York is home to a diverse range of political views in the area. Although there are no current local political candidates to name, residents are passionate about their beliefs and values when it comes to politics. The majority of citizens lean towards Democratic candidates, while some support Republicans depending on specific issues. Education is a key topic for the town's citizens and many have voiced their opinions on how best to invest resources into local schools and the surrounding community. Additionally, public safety and infrastructure improvements are other important topics that people often discuss in regards to local politics. Residents take pride in making sure their elected officials are representing their voices fairly and accurately.
The political climate in Zip 14787 (Westfield, NY) is somewhat 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 14787 (Westfield, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Westfield, New York is somewhat 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.
Westfield, 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 14787 (Westfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 290 contributions totaling $13,075 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $4,774 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)