Guilford, NY is a small town located in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York. The area is known for its rolling hills, lush forests and winding rivers. Politically, the town is mostly conservative with Republican candidates favored in local elections. Recently, there has been an influx of progressive-minded individuals who are helping to influence the political discourse within the community. While it remains a mainly conservative area, more liberal thought is beginning to take root and could soon become more prevalent within Guilford's politics.
The political climate in Guilford, NY is moderately conservative.
Chenango County, NY is moderately conservative. In Chenango County, NY 37.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chenango county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.4% to 37.1%.
Chenango county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Guilford, NY is moderately conservative.
Chenango County, New York is moderately 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.
Guilford, 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 Guilford, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 649 contributions totaling $62,179 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 106 contributions totaling $29,091 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $274 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)