Wellsville, New York is a small town located in Allegany County. It is home to approximately 4,500 people and has a strong sense of community. The politics of Wellsville are rooted in the values of its citizens, emphasizing a focus on communication and cooperation between local leaders and citizens. Local elections are held every two years for mayor, town board members, and other positions within the town government. There is an ongoing effort to bring transparency and accountability to local government by encouraging public participation in decision-making processes. In addition, the town works hard to maintain a friendly relationship between local businesses and citizens while promoting economic growth for the region.
The political climate in Zip 14895 (Wellsville, NY) is strongly 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
Zip 14895 (Wellsville, NY) is strongly conservative.
Wellsville, New York is strongly conservative.
Allegany County, New York is very conservative.
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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 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 14895 (Wellsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 191 contributions totaling $54,813 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $287 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 492 contributions totaling $3,218,399 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $6,541 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)