Schoharie County, located in New York State, is a small rural county with a population of just over 32,000 people. Despite its size, Schoharie County plays an important role in state and federal politics. The county is represented by two members of the U.S. House of Representatives: Antonio Delgado for the 19th Congressional District and Paul D. Tonko for the 20th Congressional District. On the state level, Schoharie County is represented by Peter Lopez in the 102nd Assembly District and George Amedore Jr. in the 46th Senate District. Both Mr. Lopez and Mr. Amedore are active members of their respective parties—Mr. Lopez is a Democrat and Mr. Amedore is a Republican—and take part in policy debates on matters such as healthcare, education, and infrastructure improvements within the county borders as well as beyond them throughout New York State.
The political climate in 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
Schoharie County, NY 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.
Schoharie, 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 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 Schoharie County, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,132 contributions totaling $84,524 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 334 contributions totaling $125,900 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $377 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)