The small town of Wells Bridge, New York, is located in Otsego County and is home to 13859 residents. Located in the Chenango Valley region of Upstate New York, it is a rural community with a variety of industries, including agriculture, manufacturing, retail and healthcare. Politically speaking, Wells Bridge leans toward the Republican side as evidenced by its voting record over the past several elections. The current mayor is Andrea Barone, who was elected in 2019 on a platform of improving infrastructure and public safety. Local candidates for political office are often focused on issues relevant to small towns such as jobs and economic development, education and healthcare. Residents of Wells Bridge also take an active role in state and national politics by participating in local organizations like the Otsego County Republican Committee or attending town hall meetings to voice their opinions about important topics.
The political climate in Zip 13859 (Wells Bridge, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Otsego County, NY is leaning conservative. In Otsego County, NY 46.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Otsego county remained moderately Republican, 51.2% to 46.2%.
Otsego county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 13859 (Wells Bridge, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Wells Bridge, New York is somewhat conservative.
Otsego County, New York is leaning conservative.
Oneonta Metro Area is leaning 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.
Wells Bridge, New York: r r 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 13859 (Wells Bridge)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $331 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $13 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)