Schuyler County is a small rural county in the state of New York. It is known for its stunning views, quaint towns and friendly people. Politically, Schuyler County tends to lean more conservative than the rest of New York state. This can be seen through recent local elections where candidates from the Republican Party usually garner more support than Democrat candidates. Schuyler County residents are proud of their independence when it comes to political issues and take great pride in their participation during election season. Despite the political divide between Schuyler County and the rest of New York State, residents are unified in having common goals for improving their quality of life and keeping taxes low in order to protect their own pocketbooks.
The political climate in Schuyler County, NY is moderately conservative.
In Schuyler County, NY 40.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Schuyler county remained very strongly Republican, 57.6% to 40.0%.
Schuyler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Schuyler County, NY is moderately conservative.
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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.
Schuyler, 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 Schuyler County, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 899 contributions totaling $55,287 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 184 contributions totaling $43,915 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $239 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)