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

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

Catskill Mountain county that has shifted steadily rightward over two decades

18762024·38 elections
Greene County, New York · KForce at English Wikipedia · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+17
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
47,409
2024 ACS
Most similar
Warren County
NJ · similarity 0.99
52 precincts · 25,440 votes cast
Trump · R+17
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−16.8%
10,43614,70225,440
2020R
−15.6%
10,34614,27125,137
2016R
−25.7%
7,40513,07322,050
2012R
−10.4%
9,03011,17420,668
2008R
−9.9%
9,85012,05922,335
2004R
−18.1%
8,93312,99622,398
2000R
−13.5%
8,48011,33221,095
1996R
−2.3%
8,2518,71220,124
1992R
−11.6%
6,9249,39021,191
1988R
−23.9%
7,26511,87419,319
1984R
−41.3%
5,85814,15020,070
1980R
−24.6%
6,48811,28619,498
1976R
−18.8%
7,74011,37019,264
1972R
−46.1%
5,26014,31319,618
1968R
−30.3%
5,49910,95417,997
1964D
+12.2%
10,0347,84217,894
1960R
−29.7%
6,44111,87818,320
1956R
−57.8%
3,81114,26218,073
1952R
−48.2%
4,50412,90717,435
1948R
−35.3%
4,95510,56615,883
1944R
−30.4%
5,2319,80715,064
1940R
−22.4%
6,42510,15316,616
1936R
−14.4%
6,7449,06016,060
1932R
−3.8%
6,7947,33414,261
1928R
−35.6%
4,4409,52914,285
1924R
−29.1%
3,9517,50312,188
1920R
−27.5%
3,4986,32310,282
1916R
−0.4%
3,6223,6497,438
1912D
+12.5%
3,6472,7117,471
1908R
−5.8%
3,7114,1918,313
1904R
−7.9%
3,8454,5278,661
1900R
−1.4%
4,2694,3958,912
1896R
−10.0%
3,6884,5408,492
1892R
−1.7%
3,7713,9148,217
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%
African American
3.8%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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
19.0%
Methodist
6.1%
Other Christian
4.6%
Mainline Protestant
3.2%
Non-Christian
1.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.6%
Baptist
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Greene County sits along the Hudson River's west bank, where a largely rural, working-class population has moved the presidential margin from single digits to R+16.9 since the early 2000s, tracking a broader pattern across small Upstate New York counties.

The Republican margin in Greene County reached its widest at fifty-eight points in 1956. The margin in 2024 was seventeen points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Greene County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $77,945, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 47,409 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 Warren County and Steuben County.