Cayuga Heights, NY is a small village located in Tompkins County. Although it is a small village, it still has an active political scene. The Town Board of Cayuga Heights, which consists of five elected members, makes community decisions and sets the budget for the town. The board oversees the town's police department, infrastructure projects and other public services. In addition to the Town Board, citizens also elect representatives to serve on the Tompkins County Legislature. These representatives ensure that Cayuga Heights' interests are taken into account when it comes to countywide initiatives such as budgets and taxation. While the local elections may not be as high profile as those taking place at state or federal level, they are still an important part of democracy in our community.
The political climate in Cayuga Heights, 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
Cayuga Heights, NY 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.
Cayuga Heights, 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 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 Cayuga Heights, NY
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)