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i know that Erie county as a whole usually goes democrat in Federal elections, but does anyone have info on how the individual towns and cities sway?
which went for Obama? Which for McCain? Which for Bush? Which for Kerry? and so on....
I can safely assume most of the city of Buffalo went for Obama....any conservative parts of the city? Maybe Kaisertown?
I'm not so sure about inner ring surrounding cities....Kenmore, Lackawanna, the Tonawandas, Cheektowaga...very blue collar, usually go democrat, but they sure ain't hippies in those areas.
Finally, i am assuming East Amherst, Clarence, Williamsville, maybe Hamburg went McCain.....maybe Amherst was like 50/50?
Finally, i am assuming East Amherst, Clarence, Williamsville, maybe Hamburg went McCain.....maybe Amherst was like 50/50?
Anyone got real stats? Thanks so much
Hamburg doesn't belong in that group otherwise you are correct. The only place in the Southtowns that tends to lean right is Orchard Park (though OP is much closer to being split than East Amherst, Williamsville & Clarence).
The only areas in Erie County that I would consider Republican strongholds are the "elite" suburbs of the northeast & the rural areas of the County.
Overall Erie County is so far left that it even voted Dem in the landslide presidential elections of '80 & '84 (the only NY county outside of NYC metro to vote Dem in both elections).
Here's the thing about the "Democrat stronghold" nature of WNY (I think you have an idea in your comment about the inner suburbs). While the core of the region is very progressive (including many of the kind of people who consider the Democratic Party too right-wing), a lot of the older Democrats are very socially conservative. These are the kind of people who voted for Jimmy Griffin. They are Democrats because of the long history of blue-collar labor unions in Buffalo, but you would hardly mistake them for modern progressives/liberals.
If you really want to spend the time to crunch the numbers, all of the election results are available on the Erie County Board of Elections website, broken out by election district and then summarized by town or city.
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