West Elmira, NY is a small town in the Southern Tier region of New York State. Politically, the town is firmly rooted in its Democratic roots. The local Democratic committee regularly reaches out to the community for input on matters of local importance and coordinates frequent community events and volunteer opportunities. They also actively engage with state and national level organizations to further their political goals. As a result, West Elmira remains an active and engaged part of the greater New York political scene, despite its small size.
The political climate in West Elmira, NY is somewhat conservative.
Chemung County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Chemung County, NY 42.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chemung county remained strongly Republican, 55.6% to 42.2%.
Chemung county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Elmira, NY is somewhat conservative.
Chemung County, New York is somewhat conservative.
Elmira Metro Area is somewhat 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.
West Elmira, 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 West Elmira, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,485 contributions totaling $165,979 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 114 contributions totaling $29,712 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $261 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)