Conesville, NY is a small town with a population of around 4,500 people. It is served by an elected Board of Selectmen and representatives from the local community make up the Town Council. The town has historically been split on party lines in terms of local politics. In recent years, the Democratic Party has gained traction in Conesville, especially in municipal elections. The Republican Party still commands the majority of votes in local elections and many of the current candidates for office are Republicans. Conesville residents take their civic duties seriously and come out to vote in large numbers during election season. The Town Council debates important issues that affect the community and members strive to represent their constituents as best they can.
The political climate in Conesville, NY is strongly 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
Conesville, NY is strongly 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.
Conesville, 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 Conesville, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 56 contributions totaling $2,715 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $176 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)