Elmira, NY is a small city located in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. The city has a long and vibrant history, and its politics reflect this. Elmira is governed by a mayor-council form of government, with the Mayor responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the city and the City Council being in charge of legislating for it. The Mayor and Council are elected every four years by the citizens of Elmira. The city also elects representatives to both local state offices and Congress. These representatives work to represent the city's interests on key issues such as health care, education, transportation, and housing. Additionally, Elmira also elects judges to serve on its courts at all levels of government. This ensures that justice is administered fairly and impartially within Elmira's boundaries.
The political climate in Elmira, NY is leaning conservative.
Chemung County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Chemung County, NY 42.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chemung county remained strongly Republican, 55.6% to 42.2%.
Chemung county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elmira, NY is leaning conservative.
Chemung County, New York is somewhat conservative.
Elmira Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Elmira, 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 Elmira, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,438 contributions totaling $230,527 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 233 contributions totaling $47,928 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)