Editing Madison County, New York (section)

==Politics==
For the majority of its history, Madison County has been a mostly Republican county, with the party's presidential candidates winning the county in every election but one from 1884 to 1992. The one exception to this was in 1964, as the county swung strongly to the Democratic column for the first time thanks to [[Barry Goldwater]]'s conservatism alienating the Northeast, giving [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] a wide margin of victory as he won every county in the state and won by a landslide nationally. As New York has turned into a solid blue state, the county has become a swing county and national bellwether from 1996 onward. However, the margins of victory for the two parties in recent elections have been quite different. The three most recent Republican victories in the county have all been by over 10 percentage points, while the three most recent Democratic wins have all been by margins of under 600 votes.

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{{PresRow|2020|Republican|18,409|14,805|821|New York}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|15,936|11,667|2,461|New York}}
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{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|14,434|14,692|676|New York}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|16,537|13,121|629|New York}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|14,879|12,017|1,470|New York}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|11,324|11,832|3,832|New York}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|11,293|10,099|7,642|New York}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|14,902|10,665|187|New York}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|17,568|8,291|104|New York}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|13,369|7,843|2,725|New York}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|15,674|8,822|95|New York}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|18,392|6,241|64|New York}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|13,819|7,056|1,135|New York}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|8,858|14,313|9|New York}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|16,245|8,433|19|New York}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|18,555|4,903|0|New York}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|17,715|5,353|19|New York}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|13,413|5,937|308|New York}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|13,369|6,109|36|New York}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|15,262|6,301|99|New York}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|14,353|5,867|370|New York}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|11,931|6,896|445|New York}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|14,333|5,217|301|New York}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|11,589|3,430|1,302|New York}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|11,094|3,797|457|New York}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|5,881|3,937|399|New York}}
{{PresRow|1912|Republican|3,490|3,164|3,276|New York}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|6,727|3,637|614|New York}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|6,947|3,410|586|New York}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|7,174|3,673|474|New York}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|7,588|3,580|406|New York}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|6,533|4,054|834|New York}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|7,199|4,641|519|New York}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|6,608|4,870|615|New York}}
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