Wilson, NY is a small town located in the Finger Lakes region of New York. It has a population of about 7,000 people and is home to many local businesses and attractions. Politically, Wilson is strongly represented by the Republican Party with all four town council seats held by Republicans. At the county level, Wilson is part of Ontario County and both the County Executive and District Attorney are Republicans as well. The County Legislature also has a majority Republican presence, with 27 out of 39 members from that party. Voting trends in Wilson show that most residents tend to vote along party lines for candidates at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 14172 (Wilson, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Niagara County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Niagara County, NY 44.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Niagara county remained moderately Republican, 53.8% to 44.2%.
Niagara county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 14172 (Wilson, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Wilson, New York is somewhat conservative.
Niagara County, New York is somewhat conservative.
Buffalo-Cheektowaga 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.
Wilson, New York: d d d d 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 14172 (Wilson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $1,671 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $10,283 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)