The town of Lancaster, New York is located in Erie County and has a population of approximately 10,350 people. It is governed by an elected Town Board comprised of a Supervisor and four Council Members. The current Supervisor is Edward F. Rath III, who was re-elected to this position in 2017. The Town Board promotes the growth and development of the town by enacting legislation and providing services for its citizens. The town also has several local political candidates, ranging from state representatives to school board members. All candidates are running on platforms that focus on improving the quality of life in Lancaster while also taking into account the needs of all its citizens. Issues such as education reform, infrastructure improvements, economic growth, tax relief, public safety and job creation are all important topics being discussed by local candidates prior to upcoming elections.
The political climate in Zip 14086 (Lancaster, 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 14086 (Lancaster, NY) is leaning liberal.
Lancaster, 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.
Lancaster, 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 14086 (Lancaster)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 420 contributions totaling $31,445 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 253 contributions totaling $58,944 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $233 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)