Wayne, New York is a small town located in Ontario County. Its political landscape can often be characterized as conservative, with Republicans typically dominating local elections. Despite its size, the town has an active political life and is home to many passionate citizens who are eager to get involved in their community. Civic engagement is strongly encouraged and there are many opportunities for residents to be involved in local politics. The government of Wayne is focused on providing key services to its constituents while also maintaining fiscal responsibility, making it a great place for those interested in getting involved in politics or policymaking.
The political climate in Wayne, NY is strongly 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
Wayne, NY is strongly 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.
Wayne, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Wayne, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 930 contributions totaling $30,762 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 117 contributions totaling $24,184 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)