Rural Catskills voters go for Trump, Faso

New York State voters opted overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton in the Presidential election on Tuesday; in unofficial results, Clinton received roughly 58.8 percent of the votes cast, while Donald Trump got 37.4 percent

In the Catskills region -- and in upstate New York overall -- the numbers told a different story. Voters in the four most rural Catskills counties -- Delaware, Greene, Schoharie and Sullivan -- voted decisively in favor of Trump. In more populous (and more left-leaning) Ulster County, Clinton prevailed, taking 51.3 percent to Trump's 42.2 percent. 

In the closely-watched race for New York's 19th Congressional District, in which two candidates battled to succeed retiring Republican Congressman Chris Gibson, a similar pattern emerged: Republican John Faso won decisively in Delaware, Greene, Schoharie and Sullivan counties, while Democrat Zephyr Teachout prevailed in Ulster. 

Across the 19th district, which includes all of Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Otsego, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster Counties, and parts of Broome, Dutchess, Montgomery and Rensselaer Counties, Faso won with 55 percent of the vote

Below: Unofficial vote tallies for the Presidential candidates in all five Catskills counties, as of Wednesday, Nov. 9.

 

Clinton

Trump

Stein

Johnson

Delaware

5,825

11,012

344

597

Greene

6,370

11,546

385

568

Schoharie

3,777

8,173

253

470

Sullivan

10,983

14,626

382

518

Ulster

40,010

32,962

1,986

2,176

Unofficial results for all races on the ballot have been posted online by local county Boards of Elections. Click on the links below for more local vote counts.

Delaware County results

Greene County results

Schoharie County results

Sullivan County results

Ulster County results

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