Madison County, NY is located in the center of New York State and is known for its diverse and vibrant politics. The county has an active political landscape, with a variety of political parties represented at all levels of government. At the local level, Madison County is represented by a number of state representatives, who are elected to represent their constituents in Albany. These representatives are actively engaged with the citizens of their districts, introducing legislation such as bills to help improve public safety, education, and other important issues that affect Madison County’s residents. In addition to its state representatives, Madison County also has several local offices representing its various cities and townships. These offices include town supervisors, mayors, county commissioners, and more. Each officeholder works hard to ensure that they are addressing the needs of their constituents and making sure they are heard in Albany when it comes time for policy decisions that affect Madison County.
The political climate in Madison County, NY is somewhat conservative.
In Madison County, NY 43.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained strongly Republican, 54.1% to 43.5%.
Madison county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Madison County, NY is somewhat conservative.
Syracuse 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.
Madison, New York: R R d d 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Madison County, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,074 contributions totaling $953,604 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 833 contributions totaling $802,856 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $964 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)