Chemung County is located in the Southern Tier of New York. It is the home to a wide range of political views, represented by a number of local political parties. For example, the Republican Party is well represented in Chemung County, with many prominent members holding public office. The Democratic Party also has a strong presence in the county, and there are other smaller political parties that have representation as well. The counties government is run by an elected board of supervisors who oversee many important issues such as taxation, public safety, and economic development. Local elections are held regularly to decide who will be elected to these offices. Political debate is common in Chemung County and candidates from all sides take part in competitive campaigns for public office.
The political climate in 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
Chemung County, NY 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.
Chemung, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Chemung County, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,639 contributions totaling $393,223 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 614 contributions totaling $122,303 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)