| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 5,547 | 10,423 | 16,112 | |
| 2020 | R | 5,345 | 9,903 | 15,685 | |
| 2016 | R | 4,240 | 8,831 | 14,050 | |
| 2012 | R | 5,427 | 7,467 | 13,207 | |
| 2008 | R | 6,009 | 8,071 | 14,402 | |
| 2004 | R | 5,630 | 8,591 | 14,559 | |
| 2000 | R | 5,390 | 7,459 | 13,554 | |
| 1996 | D | 5,902 | 5,353 | 13,261 | |
| 1992 | R | 4,997 | 5,678 | 14,147 | |
| 1988 | R | 5,389 | 7,008 | 12,536 | |
| 1984 | R | 3,996 | 8,692 | 12,788 | |
| 1980 | R | 4,715 | 6,382 | 12,262 | |
| 1976 | R | 5,250 | 7,154 | 12,515 | |
| 1972 | R | 3,730 | 8,644 | 12,406 | |
| 1968 | R | 3,883 | 6,166 | 10,777 | |
| 1964 | D | 7,187 | 4,193 | 11,391 | |
| 1960 | R | 4,342 | 7,644 | 12,002 | |
| 1956 | R | 3,227 | 8,851 | 12,078 | |
| 1952 | R | 3,509 | 8,972 | 12,509 | |
| 1948 | R | 4,032 | 6,751 | 11,019 | |
| 1944 | R | 4,219 | 6,546 | 10,801 | |
| 1940 | R | 4,073 | 7,316 | 11,414 | |
| 1936 | R | 4,229 | 6,895 | 11,434 | |
| 1932 | R | 4,684 | 5,513 | 10,318 | |
| 1928 | R | 2,926 | 6,906 | 10,209 | |
| 1924 | R | 1,555 | 4,301 | 6,074 | |
| 1920 | R | 3,697 | 5,572 | 9,537 | |
| 1916 | D | 3,457 | 2,851 | 6,554 | |
| 1912 | D | 3,355 | 2,391 | 6,633 | |
| 1908 | D | 3,841 | 3,393 | 7,504 | |
| 1904 | D | 4,010 | 3,672 | 7,945 | |
| 1900 | D | 4,317 | 3,860 | 8,357 | |
| 1896 | D | 4,203 | 3,838 | 8,240 | |
| 1892 | D | 4,531 | 3,236 | 8,197 | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Schoharie's dairy-farming hollows and small river towns produce some of the most lopsided presidential results in New York, with the 2024 margin reaching R+30.4 — roughly double its gap from a decade prior.
The Democratic margin in Schoharie County peaked at twenty-six points in 1964. By 2000 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was thirty points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.
The economic context is the key. Schoharie County's median household income of $70,133 sits well below state and national norms, and 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of McLeod County and Hardy County.