Election 1872 Results
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1872 presidential election in New York
Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) beat Horace Greeley (Democrat) in New York in 1872, 53.2% to 46.8%, a margin of 6.5 points and 53,456 votes.
New York voted 5.2 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+11.6.
New York changed party: in 1868 it went Democratic, for Horatio Seymour.
Republicans led in 50 of the 60 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 10. The largest, New York, cast 132,481 votes and went to the Democrat by 17.5 points. The closest was Seneca, where 33 votes separated the two parties.
Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.
Result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ulysses S. Grant won | Republican | 440,738 | 53.2% |
| Horace Greeley | Democratic | 387,282 | 46.8% |
| Total | 828,020 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 77,814 58.7% | 54,667 41.3% | 132,481 | D+17.5 | |
| Kings | 38,108 53.3% | 33,369 46.7% | 71,477 | D+6.6 | |
| Erie | 12,468 41.1% | 17,831 58.9% | 30,299 | R+17.7 | |
| Albany | 13,793 48.9% | 14,414 51.1% | 28,207 | R+2.2 | |
| Oneida | 10,078 43.0% | 13,384 57.0% | 23,462 | R+14.1 | |
| Onondaga | 9,749 43.4% | 12,708 56.6% | 22,457 | R+13.2 | |
| Monroe | 9,261 41.5% | 13,033 58.5% | 22,294 | R+16.9 | |
| Westchester | 11,112 52.1% | 10,233 47.9% | 21,345 | D+4.1 | |
| Rensselaer | 8,671 42.1% | 11,936 57.9% | 20,607 | R+15.8 | |
| Dutchess | 8,637 51.2% | 8,235 48.8% | 16,872 | D+2.4 | |
| Ulster | 7,760 47.2% | 8,672 52.8% | 16,432 | R+5.6 | |
| Orange | 7,712 47.7% | 8,468 52.3% | 16,180 | R+4.7 | |
| Oswego | 6,443 40.3% | 9,558 59.7% | 16,001 | R+19.5 | |
| St. Lawrence | 4,395 27.9% | 11,335 72.1% | 15,730 | R+44.1 | |
| Steuben | 6,940 44.8% | 8,551 55.2% | 15,491 | R+10.4 | |
| Jefferson | 5,769 40.5% | 8,481 59.5% | 14,250 | R+19.0 | |
| Chautauqua | 4,880 37.5% | 8,145 62.5% | 13,025 | R+25.1 | |
| Cayuga | 4,782 37.4% | 7,989 62.6% | 12,771 | R+25.1 | |
| Otsego | 6,275 50.2% | 6,235 49.8% | 12,510 | D+0.3 | |
| Queens | 5,655 48.2% | 6,077 51.8% | 11,732 | R+3.6 | |
| Saratoga | 4,734 40.5% | 6,955 59.5% | 11,689 | R+19.0 | |
| Columbia | 6,047 52.5% | 5,462 47.5% | 11,509 | D+5.1 | |
| Washington | 3,765 36.6% | 6,535 63.4% | 10,300 | R+26.9 | |
| Broome | 4,322 43.0% | 5,719 57.0% | 10,041 | R+13.9 | |
| Madison | 3,898 39.0% | 6,096 61.0% | 9,994 | R+22.0 | |
| Wayne | 3,768 37.9% | 6,164 62.1% | 9,932 | R+24.1 | |
| Chenango | 4,280 43.4% | 5,576 56.6% | 9,856 | R+13.1 | |
| Niagara | 4,396 44.9% | 5,402 55.1% | 9,798 | R+10.3 | |
| Delaware | 4,338 44.8% | 5,351 55.2% | 9,689 | R+10.5 | |
| Ontario | 4,047 42.0% | 5,578 58.0% | 9,625 | R+15.9 | |
| Herkimer | 4,067 42.4% | 5,514 57.6% | 9,581 | R+15.1 | |
| Cattaraugus | 3,606 39.1% | 5,615 60.9% | 9,221 | R+21.8 | |
| Allegany | 2,981 32.6% | 6,150 67.4% | 9,131 | R+34.7 | |
| Clinton | 4,085 47.2% | 4,566 52.8% | 8,651 | R+5.6 | |
| Livingston | 3,350 41.3% | 4,753 58.7% | 8,103 | R+17.3 | |
| Chemung | 3,728 46.2% | 4,350 53.8% | 8,078 | R+7.7 | |
| Suffolk | 3,160 39.5% | 4,837 60.5% | 7,997 | R+21.0 | |
| Montgomery | 3,742 47.6% | 4,113 52.4% | 7,855 | R+4.7 | |
| Tompkins | 3,369 43.8% | 4,318 56.2% | 7,687 | R+12.3 | |
| Schoharie | 4,196 56.1% | 3,283 43.9% | 7,479 | D+12.2 | |
| Tioga | 3,211 44.0% | 4,081 56.0% | 7,292 | R+11.9 | |
| Greene | 3,704 51.8% | 3,441 48.2% | 7,145 | D+3.7 | |
| Genesee | 2,590 39.0% | 4,044 61.0% | 6,634 | R+21.9 | |
| Fulton | 2,927 45.2% | 3,551 54.8% | 6,478 | R+9.6 | |
| Lewis | 3,033 47.1% | 3,402 52.9% | 6,435 | R+5.7 | |
| Sullivan | 3,061 48.4% | 3,260 51.6% | 6,321 | R+3.1 | |
| Orleans | 2,391 38.3% | 3,857 61.7% | 6,248 | R+23.5 | |
| Wyoming | 2,301 37.0% | 3,910 63.0% | 6,211 | R+25.9 | |
| Cortland | 2,347 39.6% | 3,576 60.4% | 5,923 | R+20.7 | |
| Seneca | 2,870 49.7% | 2,903 50.3% | 5,773 | R+0.6 | |
| Essex | 1,939 34.2% | 3,728 65.8% | 5,667 | R+31.6 | |
| Franklin | 2,076 38.1% | 3,371 61.9% | 5,447 | R+23.8 | |
| Richmond | 2,541 48.2% | 2,728 51.8% | 5,269 | R+3.5 | |
| Schenectady | 2,242 44.4% | 2,809 55.6% | 5,051 | R+11.2 | |
| Warren | 1,803 38.3% | 2,901 61.7% | 4,704 | R+23.3 | |
| Rockland | 2,432 52.3% | 2,221 47.7% | 4,653 | D+4.5 | |
| Yates | 1,808 39.6% | 2,760 60.4% | 4,568 | R+20.8 | |
| Schuyler | 1,996 44.6% | 2,478 55.4% | 4,474 | R+10.8 | |
| Putnam | 1,337 43.9% | 1,706 56.1% | 3,043 | R+12.1 | |
| Hamilton | 492 58.2% | 353 41.8% | 845 | D+16.4 |
Counties as they stood in 1872; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.
New York in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kamala Harris (D) | D+12.6 |
| 2020 | Joe Biden (D) | D+23.1 |
| 2016 | Hillary Clinton (D) | D+22.5 |
| 2012 | Barack Obama (D) | D+28.2 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (D) | D+26.9 |
| 2004 | John Kerry (D) | D+18.3 |
| 2000 | Al Gore (D) | D+25.0 |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+28.9 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+15.8 |
| 1988 | Michael Dukakis (D) | D+4.1 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+8.0 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+2.7 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+4.4 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+17.3 |
| 1968 | Hubert Humphrey (D) | D+5.5 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+37.3 |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy (D) | D+5.3 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+22.5 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+11.9 |
| 1948 | Thomas E. Dewey (R) | R+1.0 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+5.0 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+3.6 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+19.9 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+12.7 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+2.3 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+26.6 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+37.6 |
| 1916 | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | R+7.0 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+12.6 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+12.4 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+10.9 |
| 1900 | William McKinley (R) | R+9.3 |
| 1896 | William McKinley (R) | R+18.9 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+3.4 |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+1.1 |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+0.1 |
| 1880 | James A. Garfield (R) | R+1.9 |
| 1876 | Samuel J. Tilden (D) | D+3.2 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+6.5 |
| 1868 | Horatio Seymour (D) | D+1.2 |