Freeville, NY is a small community near the Finger Lakes region of New York. It is known for its quaint charm and friendly atmosphere. Although not much is known about the political climate in Freeville, it is nonetheless an important part of the state's political landscape. The town boasts a strong base of local activists and advocates who are dedicated to promoting progressive values such as environmental conservation, public education, and social justice on both municipal and statewide levels. Despite its small population size, Freeville has had successful campaigns for higher office in recent years with several local candidates being elected to positions in Albany and Washington D.C. With such active representation, Freeville remains an important part of New York’s politics, even if it may not be as well-known as other larger cities in the state.
The political climate in Freeville, NY is moderately 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
Freeville, NY is moderately 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.
Freeville, 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 Freeville, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 773 contributions totaling $50,955 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $5,721 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)