Cohocton, NY is a small town located in the Finger Lakes region of New York State. It is home to a diverse population with a variety of backgrounds and cultures. Despite its small size, Cohocton has an active local political scene. The town is represented by Republican Congressman Tom Reed at the federal level, while Democrat Barbara Lifton serves as their state senator. At the county level, County Legislator Tracey A. Dzialo-Mahoney represents Cohocton and the surrounding area on behalf of District 8. The town's mayor is Michael Murray, who was elected in November 2017. Additionally, there are numerous boards and committees that provide government services to Cohocton residents, including the Town Board, Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, Highway Department, and more. All these organizations strive to make sure that all Cohocton citizens are represented fairly and that their needs are met in an equitable manner.
The political climate in Cohocton, NY is moderately conservative.
Steuben County, NY is strongly conservative. In Steuben County, NY 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Steuben county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 34.2%.
Steuben county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cohocton, NY is moderately conservative.
Steuben County, New York is strongly conservative.
Corning Metro Area is strongly 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.
Cohocton, 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 Cohocton, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 300 contributions totaling $23,766 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 120 contributions totaling $26,430 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)