East Ithaca is a small, rural town in Upstate New York that is known for its vibrant political culture. The town is politically diverse, with a range of opinions and ideologies represented in its local government bodies. In East Ithaca, the Mayor is elected by the people every two years, while members of the village council are also elected by the citizens to serve four-year terms. A number of policies have been enacted on a local level in East Ithaca that demonstrate its commitment to progressive values such as green initiatives and social justice reform. Additionally, there are several non-profit organizations that work towards advancing civic engagement and voter turnout in the community. Despite its small size, East Ithaca continues to be an important part of the political landscape in New York State.
The political climate in East Ithaca, 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
East Ithaca, 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.
East Ithaca, 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 East Ithaca, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27,514 contributions totaling $3,135,214 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 885 contributions totaling $200,106 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)