Danby, NY is a small town located in upstate New York with a population of about 1,000 people. The town is represented by a Town Board consisting of five elected members, including a Supervisor and four Council Members. They are responsible for overseeing all local governance and policy decisions within the town. Local residents have the opportunity to participate in the political process by voting for the Board members each year during the Spring election. The community also has opportunities to attend public meetings and provide input on issues that affect their lives. With its small size and engaged citizenry, Danby provides an excellent example of how local politics can work well for its citizens.
The political climate in Danby, NY is somewhat 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
Danby, NY is somewhat 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.
Danby, 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 Danby, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29,123 contributions totaling $3,262,166 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 949 contributions totaling $206,402 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)