Wales, NY is a small village located in the western part of Genesee County with a population of just over 2,400. It is a small and tight-knit community, and local politics are important to its citizens. Wales has been run by an elected mayor since its incorporation in 1852, and the village Board of Trustees works closely with the mayor to ensure all town business is conducted efficiently and ethically. The Board consists of five board members elected from the local population on a three-year term basis. The current mayor is David Young, who has held office since 2004. Regular Town Hall meetings are held monthly for locals to present their opinions and ideas to the Village Board. Locals also have the opportunity to become involved through voting in local elections or running for a seat on the board themselves. Wales prides itself on being an open and engaged community where people can express themselves freely while upholding democratic ideals.
The political climate in Wales, NY is leaning conservative.
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
Wales, NY is leaning conservative.
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.
Wales, 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 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 Wales, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,137 contributions totaling $156,140 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 144 contributions totaling $158,725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,102 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)