The Ithaca, NY Metro Area is an area with diverse political opinions and affiliations. It is home to many active political organizations and leaders who have been working hard to ensure the rights of all citizens in the area are upheld. Within the area, there are several levels of government which have their own unique politics. At the local level, city council members maintain dialogue with residents in order to stay informed on what is important to them and how they can best serve their needs. The state government has its own representatives whose job it is to keep their constituents up-to-date on important legislation and policies as well as work with other legislators on a statewide level. Finally, at the national level, representatives from New York send members to Congress to advocate for policies that would benefit their constituents back home. All together, these different levels of politics create an atmosphere where citizens in Ithaca can stay informed and involved in the decisions that affect their lives.
The political climate in Ithaca Metro Area is very liberal.
In Ithaca Metro Area 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, the Ithaca metro area remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 73.5% to 24.3%.
The Ithaca metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Ithaca, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Ithaca Metro Area
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)