The politics of 14072 Grand Island, NY are largely influenced by the local government and constituents of the area. The town is led by Supervisor Nathan McMurray who is currently serving his first term. Under his tenure, the town has worked to reduce taxes and invest in infrastructure projects that benefit residents. Grand Island also has a Town Board consisting of four members that work together to create legislation for the town. Each year local citizens have the opportunity to vote on key decisions that affect their community through public referendums. In addition, a number of political candidates from both major parties run for office each year to represent the area's interests at the state and national levels. Although there are some differences in opinion among residents, Grand Island enjoys a strong sense of community involvement and engagement with local politics.
The political climate in Zip 14072 (Grand Island, 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 14072 (Grand Island, NY) is leaning liberal.
Grand Island, 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.
Grand Island, 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 14072 (Grand Island)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 914 contributions totaling $54,541 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 173 contributions totaling $43,328 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)