Nichols, NY is a small town located in Upstate New York that is home to a tight-knit community of people. The town has a local government that works hard to maintain the close-knit atmosphere and keep it a safe place to live. Local government officials are committed to ensuring that all citizens of Nichols receive fair representation on issues that affect the community. They take great pride in their decision-making process and strive to make sure that their decisions are made with the best interests of everyone living in Nichols in mind. From improving public services such as education and safety to creating new business developments, the local political candidates put forth their own ideas for how best they can serve the people of Nichols. The voters have the opportunity to choose among these candidates who they think will make the best decisions for the future of this small town and its residents.
The political climate in Nichols, NY is moderately conservative.
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
Nichols, NY is moderately conservative.
Tioga County, New York 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.
Nichols, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Nichols, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 689 contributions totaling $81,362 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 152 contributions totaling $36,314 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $239 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)