The small town of Sheldon, NY is a peaceful and picturesque community with a rich history. Despite its size, the town’s politics are just as lively and important to its citizens as those of larger cities. During elections, locals come out in droves to cast their votes for local candidates who are running for office, such as mayor, city council members, and board of education representatives. These individuals put in hard work campaigning to make sure that their voices are heard and their views on critical issues are shared with the public. During these elections, locals also get informed about important issues facing the community so that they can be fully engaged in shaping the future of Sheldon. As a result, Sheldon continues to have an active political life that plays an essential role in maintaining a healthy democracy for all its residents.
The political climate in Sheldon, NY is strongly conservative.
Wyoming County, NY is very conservative. In Wyoming County, NY 26.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wyoming county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.5% to 26.1%.
Wyoming county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sheldon, NY is strongly conservative.
Wyoming County, New York is very 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.
Sheldon, 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 Sheldon, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 76 contributions totaling $3,456 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $9,726 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)