New York

That has been a very divided county which until about 2008 or so was dominated by an old boy network. The economy was heavily reliant on the prison system. At one point they had 500 prison guards for 300 inmates at Hudson Correctional. Now they have two kid prisons -- Brookwood Secure is the junior high school of high security prisons and Hudson Correctional is now 16 and 17YOs.

Driven by changes in the city of Hudson, the county has tipped toward Democrats. Hudson is an Amtrak stop for the line out of NYC and starting with an influx of gay antique dealers in the 1990s, became home to mature couples leaving the high cost of living in NYC. The big shift came after the 2008 crash as people sought lower COL and more recently, Covid and remote work pushed rents in Hudson up to about 85% of what you would pay in Manhattan, eg a 1-bedroom apt is $1900 to $3000.

Meanwhile the rest of the county is a very different age-in-place, fixed and low income demographic that leans more rural republican and blames "Citiots" (meaning "idiots from the City of NY&quot for rising prices and home values.

As the most high profile of county employees, Salvatore has her work cut out for her but she has broad support as we see in these election results.