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Election 1988 Results

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1988 US Senate election in New York

Daniel Patrick Moynihan (Democrat) beat Robert R. McMillan (Republican) in New York in 1988, 67.0% to 31.1%, a margin of 36.0 points and 2,172,865 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1982, when Daniel P. Moynihan also won.

Democrats led in 61 of the 62 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 1. The largest, Nassau, cast 569,875 votes and went to the Democrat by 14.9 points. The closest was Steuben, where 25 votes separated the two parties.

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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.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Daniel Patrick Moynihan won Democratic 4,048,649 67.0%
Robert R. McMillan Republican 1,875,784 31.1%
All other candidates 116,547 1.9%
Total6,040,980

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Nassau 322,191 56.5% 237,326 41.6% 10,358 569,875 D+14.9
Queens 386,168 75.4% 119,525 23.3% 6,746 512,439 D+52.0
Kings 402,987 81.3% 84,189 17.0% 8,450 495,626 D+64.3
Suffolk 271,898 55.7% 206,355 42.3% 9,476 487,729 D+13.4
New York 405,962 85.1% 61,793 13.0% 9,032 476,787 D+72.2
Erie 289,626 73.6% 95,112 24.2% 8,876 393,614 D+49.4
Westchester 218,810 62.3% 125,618 35.8% 6,665 351,093 D+26.5
Monroe 197,697 68.3% 86,519 29.9% 5,208 289,424 D+38.4
Bronx 217,852 83.0% 40,055 15.3% 4,702 262,609 D+67.7
Onondaga 131,317 69.5% 54,282 28.7% 3,442 189,041 D+40.8
Albany 101,955 72.7% 35,853 25.6% 2,512 140,320 D+47.1
Richmond 72,682 62.0% 42,509 36.3% 2,040 117,231 D+25.7
Rockland 67,055 63.0% 37,168 34.9% 2,267 106,490 D+28.1
Orange 57,920 59.0% 38,050 38.7% 2,266 98,236 D+20.2
Dutchess 51,928 54.5% 41,231 43.3% 2,098 95,257 D+11.2
Oneida 57,250 60.1% 35,735 37.5% 2,267 95,252 D+22.6
Broome 56,885 64.5% 29,286 33.2% 1,961 88,132 D+31.3
Niagara 55,566 69.6% 22,569 28.3% 1,744 79,879 D+41.3
Saratoga 39,060 54.8% 30,885 43.4% 1,275 71,220 D+11.5
Ulster 39,770 58.6% 26,204 38.6% 1,943 67,917 D+20.0
Schenectady 42,321 63.3% 23,327 34.9% 1,182 66,830 D+28.4
Rensselaer 40,724 62.3% 23,267 35.6% 1,399 65,390 D+26.7
Chautauqua 33,887 62.4% 19,316 35.6% 1,130 54,333 D+26.8
Oswego 22,804 56.4% 16,699 41.3% 895 40,398 D+15.1
Ontario 21,974 59.5% 14,427 39.0% 553 36,954 D+20.4
St. Lawrence 22,367 61.2% 13,514 37.0% 671 36,552 D+24.2
Steuben 16,971 48.9% 16,946 48.8% 794 34,711 D+0.1
Putnam 17,593 51.4% 15,835 46.2% 823 34,251 D+5.1
Chemung 18,804 55.0% 14,581 42.6% 819 34,204 D+12.3
Tompkins 23,070 68.9% 9,670 28.9% 760 33,500 D+40.0
Wayne 17,452 56.0% 13,109 42.0% 631 31,192 D+13.9
Jefferson 17,311 55.9% 12,955 41.8% 705 30,971 D+14.1
Cayuga 18,515 61.1% 11,142 36.8% 626 30,283 D+24.3
Cattaraugus 16,787 56.5% 12,172 41.0% 758 29,717 D+15.5
Clinton 14,739 56.9% 10,337 39.9% 805 25,881 D+17.0
Sullivan 15,131 59.0% 9,966 38.9% 546 25,643 D+20.1
Herkimer 14,338 56.9% 10,236 40.6% 632 25,206 D+16.3
Columbia 14,025 55.8% 10,604 42.2% 504 25,133 D+13.6
Madison 14,434 61.2% 8,633 36.6% 499 23,566 D+24.6
Warren 11,877 52.1% 10,622 46.6% 297 22,796 D+5.5
Otsego 13,159 57.9% 9,012 39.7% 542 22,713 D+18.3
Genesee 13,394 59.7% 8,534 38.0% 518 22,446 D+21.7
Livingston 12,598 56.7% 9,211 41.4% 418 22,227 D+15.2
Montgomery 13,217 63.3% 7,133 34.2% 526 20,876 D+29.1
Washington 10,350 50.2% 9,838 47.7% 423 20,611 D+2.5
Fulton 10,951 56.8% 7,905 41.0% 417 19,273 D+15.8
Tioga 9,772 51.9% 8,435 44.8% 631 18,838 D+7.1
Chenango 9,594 51.4% 8,623 46.2% 456 18,673 D+5.2
Greene 8,935 49.7% 8,728 48.5% 331 17,994 D+1.2
Delaware 9,669 54.8% 7,627 43.2% 364 17,660 D+11.6
Cortland 9,367 53.5% 7,695 44.0% 436 17,498 D+9.6
Allegany 8,094 49.8% 7,809 48.0% 359 16,262 D+1.8
Franklin 8,892 57.2% 6,225 40.0% 428 15,545 D+17.2
Essex 7,530 49.1% 7,417 48.3% 394 15,341 D+0.7
Wyoming 7,434 53.7% 5,995 43.3% 407 13,836 D+10.4
Orleans 8,029 58.3% 5,410 39.3% 326 13,765 D+19.0
Seneca 7,574 59.7% 4,798 37.8% 308 12,680 D+21.9
Schoharie 6,492 55.1% 4,995 42.4% 287 11,774 D+12.7
Lewis 5,032 54.6% 3,971 43.1% 217 9,220 D+11.5
Yates 4,348 51.4% 3,928 46.5% 180 8,456 D+5.0
Schuyler 3,274 50.0% 3,121 47.7% 154 6,549 D+2.3
Hamilton 1,241 40.5% 1,752 57.2% 68 3,061 R+16.7

Counties as they stood in 1988; 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 Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kirsten Gillibrand (D) D+18.3
2022 Chuck Schumer (D) D+14.0
2018 Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D) D+34.0
2016 Chuck Schumer (D) D+43.4
2012 Kirsten Gillibrand (D) D+45.9
2010 Chuck Schumer (D) D+34.1
2006 Hillary Clinton (D) D+36.0
2004 Chuck Schumer (D) D+46.9
2000 Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) D+12.3
1998 Chuck Schumer (D) D+10.5
1994 Patrick Moynihan (D) D+13.7
1992 Alfonse D'amato (R) R+1.1
1988 Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D) D+36.0
1986 Alfonse M. D'amato (R) R+14.6
1982 Daniel P. Moynihan (D) D+30.9
1980 Al D'Amato (R) R+1.3
1976 Pat Moynihan (D) D+9.3
1974 Jacob K. Javits (R) R+7.1
1970 James L. Buckley (other)
1968 Jacob Javits (R) R+17.0
1964 Robert Kennedy (D) D+9.9
1962 Jacob Javits (R) R+17.2
1958 Kenneth Keating (R) R+2.4
1956 Jacob Javits (R) R+6.6
1952 Irving M. Ives (R) R+19.1
1950 Herbert H. Lehman (D) D+5.1
1946 Irving M. Ives (R) R+5.2
1944 Robert F. Wagner (D) D+6.4
1940 James M. Mead (D) D+7.0
1938 Robert F. Wagner (D) D+9.6
1934 Royal S. Copeland (D) D+18.5
1932 Robert F. Wagner (D) D+17.2
1928 Royal S. Copeland (D) D+1.2
1926 Robert F. Wagner (D) D+4.1
1922 Royal S. Copeland (D) D+11.6
1920 James Wadsworth Jr. (R) R+19.5
1916 William M. Calder (R) R+15.1
1914 James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (R) R+5.0