Wellsburg, NY is a town located in the Southern Tier region of New York State. It has a long history of local politics that dates back to its founding in 1791. In 14894 Wellsburg, NY, local politics are focused on improving quality of life and creating economic opportunity for the community's residents. Issues such as infrastructure improvements, affordable housing, community development initiatives, education programming, and environmental protection are all topics that are discussed by local political candidates running for office. Candidates routinely work to represent the interests of their constituents while advocating for changes that will positively impact the entire community. Every election cycle brings new faces onto the political scene as citizens come together to vote on important issues and elect their representatives.
The political climate in Zip 14894 (Wellsburg, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Chemung County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Chemung County, NY 42.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chemung county remained strongly Republican, 55.6% to 42.2%.
Chemung county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 14894 (Wellsburg, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Wellsburg, New York is somewhat conservative.
Chemung County, New York is somewhat conservative.
Elmira Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Wellsburg, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 14894 (Wellsburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $953 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)