Editing Tompkins County, New York (section)

==Government and politics==
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{{PresRow|1872|Republican|4,318|3,369|65|New York}}
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{{PresRow|1864|Republican|4,518|2,996|0|New York}}
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Tompkins County was once a reliably Republican county. From 1856 to 1980, the only Democratic candidates to carry it in a presidential election were [[Woodrow Wilson]] in [[1912 United States presidential election in New York|1912]] and [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in [[1964 United States presidential election in New York|1964]].<ref>{{cite book |last = Menendez |first = Albert J. |year = 2005 |title = The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868–2004 |location = Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher = McFarland |pages = 261–265}}</ref> However, Democrats have won Tompkins County in every presidential election since [[1984 United States presidential election in New York|1984]], starting with [[Walter Mondale]]'s 2.92% victory margin over then-president [[Ronald Reagan]]. The dominant presence of [[Cornell University]] in Ithaca is a crucial factor in Democrats' success in the county.<ref name="How">Sullivan, Robert David; [http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’]; ''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016</ref> In 2008, Tompkins County was the only county in New York State in which Senator [[Barack Obama]] beat Senator [[Hillary Clinton]] in the [[2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries|Democratic primary]].<ref>[http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080206/NEWS01/802060344/-1/ELECTION Obama, McCain win in Tompkins County]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [[Ithaca Journal]] February 6, 2008</ref>  In the [[2008 United States presidential election]], Obama won the county by a 41% margin over [[John McCain]], with Obama winning by 25.5% statewide. It was his highest percentage by county in [[upstate New York]].<ref>[http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ U.S. Election Atlas]</ref> In [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]] the county strongly supported Clinton over Trump (67.7% to 24.3%).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/new-york|title=New York Election Results 2016|access-date=October 25, 2018|language=en}}</ref> It swung even further to [[Joe Biden]] in [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]], who took 73.5% to 24.3% for Trump, the highest voteshare it has given any candidate since [[1956 United States presidential election|1956]] when incumbent president [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] won the county with 78.3% of the vote. In [[2024 United States presidential election|2024]], it was one of only two counties in New York State where [[Kamala Harris]] performed better than Biden had. In this election it was the second-most Democratic out of all New York counties, only bested by [[Manhattan]], due to the rightward shifts of [[Brooklyn]] and [[The Bronx]].<ref>https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/</ref>

The Tompkins County Legislature consists of fifteen members, each from a single-member district. In November 2014, the Tompkins County legislature unanimously adopted a resolution recognizing freedom from [[domestic violence]] as a fundamental human right.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Freedom from Domestic Violence Recognized as a Human Right|url=http://tompkinscountyny.gov/news/freedom-domestic-violence-recognized-human-right|website=tompkinscountyny.gov|publisher=Tompkins County|access-date=January 21, 2015|archive-date=January 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122004442/http://tompkinscountyny.gov/news/freedom-domestic-violence-recognized-human-right|url-status=dead}}</ref> In doing so, Tompkins County became the first rural county in the United States to pass such a resolution.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Popp|first1=Evan|title=Ithaca community takes back the night|url=https://theithacan.org/news/ithaca-community-takes-back-the-night/|access-date=April 27, 2015|publisher=The Ithacan|date=April 26, 2015}}</ref>

{| class=wikitable style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none"
! colspan = 6 | Voter registration as of April 1, 2016<ref>{{Cite web |title=NYSVoter Enrollment by County, Party Affiliation and Status |date=April 2016 |url=http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/enrollment/county/county_apr16.pdf |publisher=New York State Board of Elections |access-date=July 30, 2016 |archive-date=July 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730140838/http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/enrollment/county/county_apr16.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
! colspan = 2 | Party
! Active voters
! Inactive voters
! Total voters
! Percentage
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 25,749
| style="text-align:center;"| 3,768
| style="text-align:center;"| 29,517
| style="text-align:center;"| 49.54%
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 11,623
| style="text-align:center;"| 1,290
| style="text-align:center;"| 12,913
| style="text-align:center;"| 21.67%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}
| Unaffiliated
| style="text-align:center;"| 10,730
| style="text-align:center;"| 2,461
| style="text-align:center;"| 13,191
| style="text-align:center;"| 22.14%
|-
| {{party color cell|Libertarian Party (United States)}}
| Other{{efn|Included are voters affiliated with the [[Conservative Party of New York State|Conservative Party]], [[Green Party of New York|Green Party]], [[Working Families Party]], [[Independence Party of New York|Independence Party]], [[Women's Equality Party (New York)|Women's Equality Party]], [[Reform Party of New York State|Reform Party]], and other small parties.}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 3,385
| style="text-align:center;"| 575
| style="text-align:center;"| 3,960
| style="text-align:center;"| 6.65%
|-
! colspan = 2 | Total
! style="text-align:center;"| 51,487
! style="text-align:center;"| 8,094
! style="text-align:center;"| 59,581
! style="text-align:center;"| 100%
|}