Ithaca Town, NY is a vibrant and diverse community filled with politics. As of 2019, Ithaca Town had a population of 8,862 people according to the US Census Bureau. The local political scene in Ithaca Town is led by the town’s governing board which consists of four elected members. These members create ordinances and provide guidance for the town. Additionally, they oversee all aspects of local government and are responsible for setting policies and budgets. Moreover, there are various boards such as Parks and Recreation, Planning and Zoning, Historic Preservation Commission and Waste Management that are responsible for specific operations within the town. The Ithaca Town Board also works with local representatives from Congress, Senate, Assembly Districts and County Legislature to ensure that their interests are represented at both state and federal levels. They also collaborate with other municipalities to make sure their legislation reflects the needs of communities in their region. Furthermore, local political candidates have been campaigning around the town promoting their agendas and rallying citizens to vote in upcoming elections. All in all, politics plays an important role in Ithaca Town which ensures that its residents’ interests remain represented at all levels of government.
The political climate in Ithaca town, 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
Ithaca town, 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.
Ithaca town, 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 Ithaca town, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 193,275 contributions totaling $22,045,464 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6,222 contributions totaling $1,403,980 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)