Steuben County, NY is a largely rural county located in the Southern Tier of New York State. As such, it does not have many political figures at either the local or state level. However, the county does offer local politics for those who wish to get involved and make their voices heard. The Board of Supervisors is the primary governing body for Steuben County and consists of nine members elected from single-member districts throughout the county. In addition to the Board of Supervisors, there are several Town Councils as well as a number of special district boards that serve specific areas within Steuben County. All these boards have representatives that are elected by voters in local elections and consist mostly of citizens with an interest in their community’s affairs. There are also several committees which provide valuable services to Steuben County residents such as floodplain management, emergency response planning, land use development planning, and public health initiatives. This system allows citizens to become involved in their local government and really make a difference in how things are run in Steuben County.
The political climate in 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
Steuben County, NY 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.
Steuben, 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 Steuben County, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,986 contributions totaling $851,346 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,046 contributions totaling $301,291 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $288 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)