Munsons Corners, NY is a small town in Upstate New York. It has a rich political history and its citizens take great pride in their local elections. In recent years, the focus of the local political scene has been on issues such as improving education, maintaining public services, and providing support for local businesses. The current mayor is Michael Solicitor, who has been in office since 2017 and has worked to bring more jobs and investment to the area. He also believes strongly in maintaining fiscal responsibility while still advocating for much needed improvements in infrastructure and public services. Local candidates have included those from both major parties, with a focus on representing the needs of their constituents while ensuring that Munsons Corners remains a vibrant and welcoming community for all.
The political climate in Munsons Corners, NY is leaning liberal.
Cortland County, NY is leaning conservative. In Cortland County, NY 47.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cortland county remained narrowly Republican, 49.8% to 47.8%.
Cortland county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Munsons Corners, NY is leaning liberal.
Cortland County, New York is leaning conservative.
Cortland Metro Area is leaning 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.
Munsons Corners, New York: r r d d 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 Munsons Corners, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 766 contributions totaling $44,754 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 133 contributions totaling $187,759 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,412 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)