Wayland, NY is a small town located in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. Despite its size, Wayland is an active and engaged community when it comes to politics. Although there are no local political candidates that reside in Wayland, citizens actively participate in state and local elections by voting for representatives who will work to serve their needs. The town also frequently holds public forums and meetings to discuss relevant issues and policies that affect the town's residents. Through these events, Waylanders come together to have meaningful conversations about ways they can positively impact their community and help shape the political landscape of the area.
The political climate in Wayland, NY is moderately 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
Wayland, NY is moderately 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.
Wayland, 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 Wayland, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 240 contributions totaling $10,881 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 77 contributions totaling $9,558 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)