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1876–2024
Chenango County, New York
Chenango County·New York

Chenango County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

A rural Catskill-fringe county where presidential margins have widened each cycle since 2008

18762024·38 elections
Chenango County, New York · Doug Kerr from Upstate New York · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+27
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
46,321
2024 ACS
Most similar
Crawford County
MI · similarity 0.99
31 precincts · 22,655 votes cast
Trump · R+27
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−27.0%
8,17714,29422,655
2020R
−23.3%
8,30013,49622,306
2016R
−25.5%
6,77511,92120,160
2012R
−3.1%
9,1169,71319,314
2008R
−1.1%
10,10010,33720,847
2004R
−10.8%
9,27711,58221,341
2000R
−4.5%
9,11210,03320,250
1996D
+7.7%
8,7977,31919,279
1992R
−0.4%
8,0178,11421,787
1988R
−18.6%
8,02111,72719,902
1984R
−38.3%
6,34314,25420,648
1980R
−17.8%
6,91710,40019,592
1976R
−25.3%
7,35612,38419,837
1972R
−41.4%
5,69513,77019,509
1968R
−32.9%
5,70611,78518,455
1964D
+23.0%
11,6537,29318,952
1960R
−43.9%
5,65914,53320,204
1956R
−62.2%
3,80416,31420,118
1952R
−59.4%
4,08916,06220,167
1948R
−42.5%
4,76411,98816,982
1944R
−43.6%
4,99712,74517,779
1940R
−45.9%
5,24114,16819,452
1936R
−45.4%
5,14313,77218,995
1932R
−31.7%
5,95311,56617,719
1928R
−55.2%
3,98613,95518,073
1924R
−50.9%
3,39211,32315,596
1920R
−44.9%
3,73510,11614,224
1916R
−13.8%
3,8875,1989,490
1912R
−7.4%
3,3414,0439,466
1908R
−21.1%
3,7725,94910,342
1904R
−24.1%
3,8176,39410,697
1900R
−21.5%
4,0436,36210,803
1896R
−22.0%
3,9736,33810,726
1892R
−10.5%
4,2735,37810,536
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
17.2%
Other Christian
5.2%
Methodist
5.1%
Mainline Protestant
4.4%
Non-Christian
2.4%
Baptist
1.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Chenango's economy long anchored by dairy farming and small manufacturing, and its population has declined steadily for decades — a demographic pattern that correlates strongly with its growing Republican presidential margins in recent elections.

The Republican margin in Chenango County reached its widest at sixty-two points in 1956. The margin in 2024 was twenty-seven points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Chenango County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $62,948, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 46,321 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Crawford County and St. Clair County.