Richmondville, NY is a small town located in Schoharie County in the state of New York. It has a population of around 1,600 people and is known for its quaint rural charm. In terms of local politics, Richmondville follows the same general political structure as many other municipalities in New York. The town is represented by Senator James Seward, Assemblyman Christopher Tague, and Congresswoman Claudia Tenney at the state level. At the local level, Richmondville is served by a Town Supervisor and four Town Council members who are elected to 4-year terms. All residents have the opportunity to vote in regularly scheduled elections which determine who will serve as their representatives on the local government. Richmondville also belongs to three different school districts that provide educational services for its residents. All of these governing bodies work together to ensure that all citizens have access to essential services and resources necessary for their health and well-being.
The political climate in Zip 12149 (Richmondville, NY) is strongly conservative.
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
Zip 12149 (Richmondville, NY) is strongly conservative.
Richmondville, New York is strongly conservative.
Schoharie County, New York 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.
Richmondville, 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 zip 12149 (Richmondville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 36 contributions totaling $1,344 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $15,810 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $753 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)