The Elmira, NY Metro Area is governed by a variety of leaders and political representatives. At the national level, the area is represented by Congresswoman Elise Stefanik in the 21st District of New York State. On the state level, the area is represented in the Senate by Tom O'Mara and George Amedore and in the Assembly by Phil Palmesano. Locally, Elmira is led by Mayor Dan Mandell and city council members John Trice, Nicholas Monroe, Daphne Jordan, Joe Duffy, Greg Wahl, Amanda Webster, and Terri Rennia. The City Council meets twice a month to discuss local legislation on issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, parks services and economic development initiatives. In addition to these elected officials there are numerous other organizations within Elmira's government that serve citizens' needs with representation from across all districts of the city.
The political climate in Elmira Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
In Elmira Metro Area 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, the Elmira metro area remained strongly Republican, 55.6% to 42.2%.
The Elmira metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
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 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Elmira Metro Area
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)