Middleburgh, NY is a small rural town located in Schoharie County. The town is governed by several elected officials, such as the mayor, council members, and trustees. The town is served by a two-party system: Republican and Democratic. In recent years, Middleburgh has been involved in local initiatives such as creating new jobs and improving infrastructure. Local elections are held every four years to elect representatives for the town government. The current mayor of Middleburgh is a Democrat who has held office since 2018. In addition to the mayor, there are currently nine other elected positions within the town government including supervisor, clerk-treasurer, highway superintendent and four council members. The elections bring high levels of engagement from the community with many residents attending debates and commenting on candidate forums. Throughout their tenure in office, Middleburgh's political representatives have worked tirelessly to improve the quality of life for its citizens through investments in education, transportation, housing and job creation initiatives.
The political climate in Middleburgh, NY is moderately conservative.
Schoharie County, NY is strongly conservative. In Schoharie County, NY 34.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Schoharie county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.0% to 34.0%.
Schoharie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Middleburgh, NY is moderately conservative.
Schoharie County, New York is strongly conservative.
Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Middleburgh, 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 Middleburgh, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 837 contributions totaling $64,879 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 170 contributions totaling $52,492 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $309 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)