Election 2020 Results
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2020 presidential election in New York
Joe Biden (Democrat) beat Donald Trump (Republican) in New York in 2020, 60.9% to 37.7%, a margin of 23.1 points and 1,992,889 votes.
New York voted 18.7 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+4.5.
The Democratic hold continued from 2016, when Hillary Clinton won.
Republicans led in 41 of the 62 counties and Democrats in 21. The largest, Kings, cast 915,747 votes and went to the Democrat by 54.6 points. The closest was Ontario, where 34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Biden won | Democratic | 5,244,886 | 60.9% |
| Donald Trump | Republican | 3,251,997 | 37.7% |
| All other candidates | 119,978 | 1.4% | |
| Total | 8,616,861 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings | 703,075 76.8% | 202,747 22.1% | 9,925 | 915,747 | D+54.6 |
| Queens | 568,910 72.0% | 212,606 26.9% | 8,276 | 789,792 | D+45.1 |
| Suffolk | 381,021 49.3% | 381,251 49.3% | 11,012 | 773,284 | level |
| Nassau | 396,551 54.1% | 326,742 44.6% | 9,536 | 732,829 | D+9.5 |
| New York | 603,512 86.4% | 85,266 12.2% | 9,595 | 698,373 | D+74.2 |
| Erie | 267,281 56.5% | 197,565 41.7% | 8,597 | 473,443 | D+14.7 |
| Westchester | 312,486 67.6% | 144,745 31.3% | 5,197 | 462,428 | D+36.3 |
| Bronx | 355,181 83.3% | 67,714 15.9% | 3,576 | 426,471 | D+67.4 |
| Monroe | 225,751 59.3% | 145,666 38.2% | 9,582 | 380,999 | D+21.0 |
| Onondaga | 138,992 58.9% | 91,718 38.9% | 5,362 | 236,072 | D+20.0 |
| Richmond | 90,997 42.0% | 123,320 56.9% | 2,450 | 216,767 | R+14.9 |
| Orange | 84,956 49.2% | 85,069 49.3% | 2,515 | 172,540 | R+0.1 |
| Albany | 99,515 64.5% | 51,123 33.2% | 3,548 | 154,186 | D+31.4 |
| Dutchess | 81,441 53.9% | 66,869 44.3% | 2,806 | 151,116 | D+9.6 |
| Rockland | 75,799 50.3% | 73,185 48.6% | 1,714 | 150,698 | D+1.7 |
| Saratoga | 68,455 51.6% | 61,260 46.2% | 2,877 | 132,592 | D+5.4 |
| Niagara | 46,020 44.2% | 56,060 53.8% | 2,025 | 104,105 | R+9.6 |
| Oneida | 41,973 41.2% | 57,859 56.7% | 2,163 | 101,995 | R+15.6 |
| Ulster | 57,974 59.5% | 37,596 38.6% | 1,860 | 97,430 | D+20.9 |
| Broome | 46,999 50.5% | 43,784 47.1% | 2,223 | 93,006 | D+3.5 |
| Rensselaer | 40,954 51.6% | 36,489 46.0% | 1,940 | 79,383 | D+5.6 |
| Schenectady | 42,463 56.6% | 30,740 41.0% | 1,841 | 75,044 | D+15.6 |
| Chautauqua | 23,087 38.9% | 34,851 58.8% | 1,364 | 59,302 | R+19.8 |
| Ontario | 28,735 48.5% | 28,769 48.5% | 1,768 | 59,272 | R+0.1 |
| Putnam | 24,952 45.3% | 29,280 53.1% | 884 | 55,116 | R+7.9 |
| Oswego | 21,145 38.8% | 32,143 59.0% | 1,212 | 54,500 | R+20.2 |
| Steuben | 15,792 34.2% | 29,477 63.8% | 914 | 46,183 | R+29.6 |
| Tompkins | 33,619 73.5% | 11,096 24.3% | 1,020 | 45,735 | D+49.2 |
| St. Lawrence | 19,361 43.1% | 24,607 54.8% | 938 | 44,906 | R+11.7 |
| Wayne | 17,460 39.0% | 26,209 58.6% | 1,067 | 44,736 | R+19.6 |
| Jefferson | 17,305 39.5% | 25,623 58.4% | 919 | 43,847 | R+19.0 |
| Chemung | 16,629 42.2% | 21,908 55.6% | 852 | 39,389 | R+13.4 |
| Cayuga | 16,356 44.4% | 19,626 53.3% | 818 | 36,800 | R+8.9 |
| Warren | 17,649 48.8% | 17,731 49.0% | 809 | 36,189 | R+0.2 |
| Columbia | 20,398 57.2% | 14,477 40.6% | 761 | 35,636 | D+16.6 |
| Clinton | 18,365 51.8% | 16,515 46.6% | 559 | 35,439 | D+5.2 |
| Cattaraugus | 11,877 34.2% | 22,151 63.7% | 726 | 34,754 | R+29.6 |
| Sullivan | 15,485 44.7% | 18,660 53.9% | 493 | 34,638 | R+9.2 |
| Madison | 14,804 43.5% | 18,407 54.1% | 820 | 34,031 | R+10.6 |
| Livingston | 12,478 39.7% | 18,184 57.9% | 742 | 31,404 | R+18.2 |
| Herkimer | 9,939 33.9% | 18,870 64.4% | 512 | 29,321 | R+30.5 |
| Genesee | 9,626 32.9% | 18,879 64.6% | 716 | 29,221 | R+31.7 |
| Otsego | 12,978 46.2% | 14,387 51.2% | 723 | 28,088 | R+5.0 |
| Washington | 11,541 41.1% | 15,914 56.7% | 631 | 28,086 | R+15.6 |
| Greene | 10,340 41.1% | 14,265 56.6% | 577 | 25,182 | R+15.6 |
| Tioga | 9,636 38.5% | 14,794 59.1% | 611 | 25,041 | R+20.6 |
| Fulton | 7,931 33.4% | 15,379 64.8% | 408 | 23,718 | R+31.4 |
| Delaware | 9,135 39.7% | 13,376 58.1% | 494 | 23,005 | R+18.4 |
| Chenango | 8,305 37.1% | 13,505 60.4% | 554 | 22,364 | R+23.3 |
| Cortland | 10,370 47.8% | 10,789 49.8% | 520 | 21,679 | R+1.9 |
| Montgomery | 7,979 37.7% | 12,748 60.2% | 442 | 21,169 | R+22.5 |
| Allegany | 6,050 29.1% | 14,141 68.0% | 599 | 20,790 | R+38.9 |
| Wyoming | 5,073 26.1% | 13,896 71.5% | 461 | 19,430 | R+45.4 |
| Essex | 9,993 51.7% | 9,001 46.5% | 350 | 19,344 | D+5.1 |
| Franklin | 9,210 48.0% | 9,651 50.2% | 346 | 19,207 | R+2.3 |
| Orleans | 5,586 30.8% | 12,122 66.8% | 440 | 18,148 | R+36.0 |
| Schoharie | 5,344 34.0% | 9,901 63.0% | 462 | 15,707 | R+29.0 |
| Seneca | 6,919 44.2% | 8,333 53.3% | 390 | 15,642 | R+9.0 |
| Lewis | 3,825 29.5% | 8,894 68.6% | 252 | 12,971 | R+39.1 |
| Yates | 4,220 39.4% | 6,209 57.9% | 295 | 10,724 | R+18.5 |
| Schuyler | 3,905 40.0% | 5,626 57.6% | 242 | 9,773 | R+17.6 |
| Hamilton | 1,179 34.1% | 2,226 64.3% | 57 | 3,462 | R+30.2 |
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 |