Dryden, NY has a strong political presence in the Upstate New York region. The town is located in Tompkins County and is represented in both the state assembly and senate by Democratic representatives. There have been many heated debates over policy decisions in the past few years, as Dryden is a largely progressive area. The town's residents are passionate about their beliefs and have made their voices heard on several occasions. Although Dryden does not have any local political candidates or an exact population number, it is clear that the people of this small town take politics seriously and actively participate in making sure their voice is heard.
The political climate in Zip 13053 (Dryden, NY) is strongly liberal.
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
Zip 13053 (Dryden, NY) is strongly liberal.
Dryden, New York is strongly liberal.
Tompkins County, New York 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.
Dryden, 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 zip 13053 (Dryden)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,065 contributions totaling $93,524 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $14,400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $389 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)