Tioga County, New York is a rural area located in the Southern Tier of New York State. While the county does not have its own local political candidates, it is subject to the state and federal laws governing all of New York. On the state level, Tioga County residents are represented by a state senator and a member of the assembly from their district. In addition, there are various members of Congress representing different parts of Tioga County at the national level. Locally, Tioga County is overseen by an elected Board of Supervisors, who are responsible for making decisions on behalf of citizens within their respective districts. The Board also works with local government agencies and departments to address issues facing Tioga County residents.
The political climate in Tioga County, NY is moderately conservative.
In Tioga County, NY 38.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tioga county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.1% to 38.5%.
Tioga county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tioga County, NY is moderately conservative.
Binghamton Metro Area is leaning 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.
Tioga, 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 Tioga County, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,627 contributions totaling $168,975 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 375 contributions totaling $63,502 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)