Richford, NY is a small town located in Upstate New York. Despite its size, Richford has an active and vibrant political environment. The local government is led by an elected mayor who works with the town council to govern the community. The mayor and members of the council are regularly seen in public forums engaging with citizens on a variety of issues. They are also often seen at events such as town hall meetings where they can hear from residents directly about their concerns and ideas for moving the town forward. All of this ensures that Richford's political system remains transparent and engaging for citizens.
The political climate in Richford, NY is moderately conservative.
Tioga County, NY is moderately conservative. In Tioga County, NY 38.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tioga county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.1% to 38.5%.
Tioga county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richford, NY is moderately conservative.
Tioga County, New York is moderately conservative.
Binghamton 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.
Richford, 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 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 Richford, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,071 contributions totaling $47,796 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $2,322 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)