Final election vote tallies from the Madison County Board of Elections show that while Republican (and now President-elect) Donald Trump received nearly 4,400 more votes in Madison County than did his Democrat challenger Hillary Clinton, not every local community voted with the eventual winner.
Within Cazenovia’s six voting districts, Clinton was the top vote getter, besting Trump by nearly 300 votes. In the towns of Nelson and Fenner, Trump was the clear winner. Third party candidates Gary Johnson, Libertarian, and Jill Stein, Green, each received a nominal number of votes, while many voters chose to leave their presidential ballots blank or write-in someone else.
Below are the voting breakdowns in the presidential race for the county, and the towns of Cazenovia, Nelson and fenner:
Madison County
Donald Trump —14,901
Hillary Clinton —10,548
Gary Johnson —1,460
Jill Stein —483
Blank —225
Write-in — 320
Cazenovia
Donald Trump — 1,343
Hillary Clinton — 1,624
Gary Johnson — 184
Jill Stein —60
Blank — 42
Write-in — 56
Nelson
Donald Trump — 489
Hillary Clinton — 370
Gary Johnson — 37
Jill Stein —34
Blank — 12
Write-in — 12
Fenner
Donald Trump — 428
Hillary Clinton — 270
Gary Johnson — 36
Jill Stein — 16
Blank — 7
Write-in — 8
