Wellsville, NY is a small town in upstate New York. The residents of Wellsville take a great deal of pride in their local politics. The town has two major political parties that are active in the area, and the races for various positions on the town council are hotly contested each election season. Local candidates often spend months campaigning door-to-door, holding debates and rallies to try to get out the vote and win over voters. As they discuss hot button topics like taxes, education, and public safety, Wellsville's citizens become more engaged with their local politics and strive to make sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Wellsville, NY is moderately conservative.
Allegany County, NY is very conservative. In Allegany County, NY 29.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allegany county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.0% to 29.1%.
Allegany county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wellsville, NY is moderately conservative.
Allegany 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.
Wellsville, 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 Wellsville, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 603 contributions totaling $167,133 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $277 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,528 contributions totaling $9,686,013 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $6,339 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)