Tompkins County, New York is located in the Finger Lakes region of New York State and is home to a diverse population of over 106,000 people. The county is governed by an elected Board of Representatives who are responsible for overseeing the county government's operations. With a total of 25 towns, villages and cities, the county provides its residents with access to a wide variety of services from roads and parks to public safety and healthcare. The county also has two state legislators representing it in Albany. These legislators are tasked with promoting the interests of their constituents through policymaking and legislative proposals. There are numerous local organizations that advocate for various causes that affect Tompkins County's citizens such as poverty reduction, economic development, environmental protection and social justice. Additionally, there are many political parties from which voters can choose when selecting their representatives on Election Day. No matter what your political preferences may be, Tompkins County offers something for everyone as its political landscape continues to evolve and grow.
The political climate in 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
Tompkins County, NY 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.
Tompkins, 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 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 Tompkins County, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34,502 contributions totaling $3,598,334 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,206 contributions totaling $251,006 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)