New York

New York, one of the 13 original colonies, joined the Union in July 1788. However, the state did not choose electors in the first election due to an internal dispute. In the 1810 Census, New York became the nation’s most populous state, and had the most electoral votes from the 1812 election until the 1972 election, when it relinquished that distinction to California.

Like many other Northeastern states, New York’s electoral clout has diminished in recent years. In each Census from 1950 through 2010, it lost at least two. In 2020, it lost one, although that almost didn't happen. Texas surpassed New York in electoral votes in 2004, and Florida did so after 2020. New York has been primarily a “blue” state ever since the Great Depression, only siding with a losing Republican when it chose its then-current governor Thomas E. Dewey over Harry S. Truman in 1948. It has voted Democratic in the last nine elections, six of those by a 20% margin. That includes 2020 as Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump by 23%.

ELECTORAL VOTES

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2024 ELECTION

Safe Democratic
2024 New York Polls

Recent Presidential Elections

2020
60.9% 37.8%
2016
59.0% 36.5%
2012
63.4% 35.2%
2008
62.9% 36.0%
2004
58.4% 40.1%
2000
60.2% 35.2%
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Presidential Voting History

State voted with the overall winning candidate

1976
D
1980
R
1984
R
1988
D
1992
D
1996
D
2000
D
2004
D
2008
D
2012
D
2016
D
2020
D

Electoral College Votes

Federalist
Democratic-Republican
National Republican
Democratic
Whig
Republican

Colored bars represent electoral votes by party. Tap or hover to see names.

An empty column indicates the state did not participate in that election.

U.S. Senate Voting History

Class 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
1
D
D
D
D
D
D
2
3
R
R
D
D
D
D
D

Data: MIT Election Data and Science Lab / Harvard Dataverse through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.

There are three classes of Senators; one is up for election every second year. Each state has one Senator in two of the three classes.

U.S. House Voting History

District 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
1
D
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
D
D
D
D
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R
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R
R
2
D
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R
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D
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D
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D
R
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R
R
R
3
D
D
D
R
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R
R
R
R
R
R
D
D
D
D
D
R
4
R
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R
R
D
D
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D
D
D
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D
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D
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R
5
R
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R
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D
D
D
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6
D
D
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D
D
D
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7
D
D
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D
D
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8
D
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D
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D
D
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9
D
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10
D
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11
D
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D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
R
R
R
D
R
R
12
D
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D
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D
D
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D
D
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13
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14
R
R
R
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
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D
15
R
R
R
D
D
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D
D
D
D
D
D
D
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D
16
D
D
D
D
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D
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D
D
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17
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
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R
18
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
19
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
D
D
R
R
R
R
D
D
R
20
R
D
D
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
D
D
R
D
D
D
D
D
D
21
R
R
R
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
R
22
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
D
D
D
D
D
R
R
R
D
R
R
23
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
D
R
R
R
R
R
R
24
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
D
D
R
D
R
R
R
R
R
25
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
D
R
D
D
D
D
D
D
26
R
R
R
D
D
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
R
D
D
D
D
D
D
27
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
D
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
R
28
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
29
R
R
R
D
D
D
D
D
R
R
R
D
R
30
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
R
31
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
32
D
D
D
33
D
D
D
34
R
R
R

Data: The Princeton Gerrymandering Project through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.

Vertical lines before 1992, 2002, 2012, and 2022 show Census-related redistricting breakpoints. Geographic borders associated with district numbers may have changed.

The state had an additional redistricting before 1998. Same caution about borders applies.

Governor Voting History

1978
D
1982
D
1986
D
1990
D
1994
R
1998
R
2002
R
2006
D
2010
D
2014
D
2018
D
2022
D

Data: Wikipedia through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.