Wethersfield, NY is a small town located in the Finger Lakes region of New York State. Despite its small size, the town is an active and engaged community with a vibrant political landscape. Residents of Wethersfield take their civic duties seriously and regularly participate in local elections. In recent years, elections have been held to determine members of the town council, school board, and other town offices. Local candidates for office typically come from within the community itself and are known for being knowledgeable about local issues and engaging with residents through public forums and town hall meetings to discuss their vision for the future of Wethersfield. The electorate takes these opportunities to become informed voters before casting their ballot on election day. It’s clear that politics plays an important role in Wethersfield’s vibrant culture as citizens actively seek out ways to make their voices heard.
The political climate in Wethersfield, 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
Wethersfield, 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.
Wethersfield, 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 Wethersfield, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 112 contributions totaling $6,901 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 360 contributions totaling $17,795 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)