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

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

Finger Lakes wine country that tilts reliably Republican by double digits

18762024·38 elections
Yates County, New York · Shuvaev · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+16
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
24,526
2024 ACS
Most similar
Wayne County
NY · similarity 0.98
20 precincts · 10,609 votes cast
Trump · R+16
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−16.0%
4,4016,09810,609
2020R
−18.6%
4,2196,20810,701
2016R
−19.9%
3,6595,66010,066
2012R
−3.3%
4,4884,7989,442
2008R
−3.7%
4,8905,26910,280
2004R
−19.6%
4,2056,30910,711
2000R
−15.9%
3,9625,56510,059
1996D
+1.5%
4,0663,9259,327
1992R
−11.1%
3,2424,36610,092
1988R
−21.8%
3,5075,4889,074
1984R
−40.8%
2,6706,3679,062
1980R
−22.3%
2,8284,6948,384
1976R
−33.1%
2,9035,7968,742
1972R
−54.3%
1,9586,6398,618
1968R
−41.0%
2,1585,4828,117
1964D
+15.1%
4,9833,6758,663
1960R
−48.2%
2,4096,8929,308
1956R
−66.2%
1,6067,9109,516
1952R
−62.2%
1,8207,8319,670
1948R
−48.4%
2,0405,9978,174
1944R
−51.9%
2,0056,3388,352
1940R
−53.0%
2,1707,0849,275
1936R
−50.0%
2,2576,8979,280
1932R
−42.5%
2,3996,0488,584
1928R
−57.9%
1,9507,3869,395
1924R
−58.5%
1,5686,3348,153
1920R
−55.0%
1,5715,6387,391
1916R
−26.8%
1,6662,9404,759
1912R
−7.8%
1,4561,7954,367
1908R
−25.1%
1,9273,2755,371
1904R
−30.6%
1,7523,3805,312
1900R
−21.2%
2,1993,4325,820
1896R
−22.8%
2,0863,3705,630
1892R
−23.9%
1,7113,0145,462
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%
Italian
0.8%
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
11.7%
Other Christian
7.8%
Methodist
6.6%
Mainline Protestant
4.7%
Baptist
2.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 66.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Yates County hugs the western shore of Seneca Lake, where a tourism-driven economy and a sparse, rural population have produced consistent Republican presidential margins — R+16.1 in 2024 — well above statewide averages.

The Republican margin in Yates County reached its widest at sixty-six points in 1956. The margin in 2024 was sixteen points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Yates County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $69,701, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 24,526 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 Wayne County and Livingston County.