The 14101 Machias, NY area is located in the rural town of Cattaraugus County. This small community has a history of close-knit relationships with its local residents and businesses. The politics of 14101 Machias, NY are diverse and reflect the views of the population here. Though there are no local political candidates in this area, the citizens have various opinions on social, economic, and environmental issues that affect their lives. From taxes to school budgets to public works projects, the people of 14101 Machias have expressed their concerns and opinions in order to take part in how these matters are handled by their local government. Overall, this area is a great example of how citizens can come together to participate in their own governance despite not having any representatives on hand to do so.
The political climate in Zip 14101 (Machias, 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 14101 (Machias, NY) is strongly conservative.
Machias, 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.
Machias, 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 14101 (Machias)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $2,766 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)