The small village of Watkins Glen, New York is part of Schuyler County and has a rich history of politics. Schuyler County is currently represented by Tom O'Mara in the New York Senate and Phil Palmesano in the New York Assembly. Locally, Watkins Glen is represented by Mayor Sam Schimizzi, who was elected to his third term in 2019. Mayor Schimizzi has focused on improving local infrastructure, providing better public services, and increasing economic development for businesses in Watkins Glen. He also focuses on making sure that all residents are heard when it comes to decision-making and creating positive change for the village.
The political climate in Zip 14891 (Watkins Glen, NY) is moderately conservative.
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
Zip 14891 (Watkins Glen, NY) is moderately conservative.
Watkins Glen, New York is moderately conservative.
Schuyler County, New York 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.
Watkins Glen, 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 14891 (Watkins Glen)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 90 contributions totaling $5,634 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 85 contributions totaling $18,980 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $223 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)