Canisteo, NY is a small town situated in Southern Steuben County. The town has a local government system lead by an elected mayor and four trustees. This year the mayor鈥檚 seat is held by incumbent Mayor Gary Boyce and three trustees spots are up for election including those held by Trustees Pat Beckwith, Doug Miller and Tom Plotts. Canisteo residents will be voting this November on who they want to run the town for the next two years. The political scene in Canisteo is relatively quiet with few issues dividing residents along party lines. A strong sense of community pride exists across the town that unites all political viewpoints towards shared goals of economic growth, education, public safety, and preservation of local history and culture.
The political climate in Zip 14823 (Canisteo, NY) is moderately conservative.
Steuben County, NY is strongly conservative. In Steuben County, NY 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Steuben county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 34.2%.
Steuben county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 14823 (Canisteo, NY) is moderately conservative.
Canisteo, New York is moderately conservative.
Steuben County, New York is strongly conservative.
Corning 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.
Canisteo, 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 14823 (Canisteo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $3,520 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 122 contributions totaling $26,069 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)