Horseheads North, NY is a small town located in the Finger Lakes region of New York. It is known for its beautiful landscape and close-knit community. Although the population size is relatively small, the politics in Horseheads North still play an important role in shaping the town. Local elections usually involve competitive races between local candidates, each with their own ideas and plans for how to lead the town forward. Issues like education, infrastructure, and jobs are typically key topics in local debates amongst candidates. The citizens of Horseheads North take pride in their ability to vote and participate in the political process and work together to ensure their voices are heard at every level.
The political climate in Horseheads North, NY is somewhat 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
Horseheads North, NY is somewhat 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.
Horseheads North, 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 Horseheads North, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 834 contributions totaling $124,442 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 324 contributions totaling $65,851 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)