Ithaca, NY is located in the heart of the Finger Lakes region and is a vibrant college town with many local organizations, businesses, and attractions. The town has been a political hotspot in recent years, with numerous campaigns for local government offices taking place. In addition to the mayor of Ithaca, the Common Council consists of eight members representing various wards throughout the city. These elected officials are responsible for enacting ordinances and resolutions that affect all aspects of life in Ithaca. Recent campaigns have focused on issues such as economic development, crime prevention, environmental sustainability, homelessness and affordable housing. Beyond local issues, Ithaca's representatives also work to ensure that their constituents have an effective voice at state and federal levels of government. It is clear that politics play an important role in the lives of those living in 14850 Ithaca, NY.
The political climate in Zip 14850 (Ithaca, NY) is strongly liberal.
Tompkins County, NY is very liberal. In Tompkins County, NY 73.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 24.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tompkins county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 73.5% to 24.3%.
Tompkins county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 14850 (Ithaca, NY) is strongly liberal.
Ithaca, New York is strongly liberal.
Tompkins County, New York is very liberal.
Ithaca Metro Area is very 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.
Ithaca, New York: D D D D D D
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 14850 (Ithaca)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27,514 contributions totaling $3,135,214 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 885 contributions totaling $200,106 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)