Tompkins, NY is a small city located in the Upstate region of New York. It has a strong sense of community and there are a number of local organizations that support its citizens. Political involvement is high in Tompkins, with many citizens actively engaged in local politics. The City Council consists of 7 individuals who are elected by the people to make decisions on behalf of the people. There are also several local political parties and candidates running for office each election cycle. Each party and candidate brings their own ideas about how to best serve the people of Tompkins and strive to improve the quality of life for everyone living in this community.
The political climate in Tompkins, NY is moderately conservative.
Delaware County, NY is moderately conservative. In Delaware County, NY 39.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Delaware county remained very strongly Republican, 58.1% to 39.7%.
Delaware county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tompkins, NY is moderately conservative.
Delaware County, New York is moderately 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.
Tompkins, 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 Tompkins, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 300 contributions totaling $35,968 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 86 contributions totaling $13,907 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)