Wheatland, NY is a small town in Upstate New York with a population of approximately 2,500 people. The politics of Wheatland are traditionally conservative leaning and the local government consists of a mayor and five board members elected on a nonpartisan basis. Candidates for these posts have traditionally held views that emphasize limited government, fiscal responsibility, and the protection of individual rights. In recent years, some candidates have been more progressive in their advocacy for social justice issues, but the majority of elected officials still reflect the town's conservative values. With low voter turnout in local elections compared to state or federal races, Wheatland's political landscape is determined by a small number of dedicated campaigners who work hard to get out the vote on election day.
The political climate in Wheatland, NY is leaning liberal.
Monroe County, NY is moderately liberal. In Monroe County, NY 59.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.3% to 38.2%.
Monroe county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wheatland, NY is leaning liberal.
Monroe County, New York is moderately liberal.
Rochester 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.
Wheatland, 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 Wheatland, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 814 contributions totaling $47,823 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 199 contributions totaling $36,795 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)