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New York has: 62 counties. Largest counties (one million-plus): Kings, Queens, New York, Suffolk, Bronx, Nassau. Largest cities: New York, Buffalo, Rochester, Yonkers, Syracuse. Government
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Voter Registration Deadline: in person and by mail (postmarked) Oct. 9, 2020. Early Voting: Oct. 24-Nov. 1, 2020. In view of the pandemic and increased use of absentee voting, there was both legislation and litigation to ensure New Yorkers' voting rights are protected (+). |
*more than half of write-ins tallied went to Kanye West with 1,897 votes. ballots cast including blank (43,541) and void (23,368): 8,661,735. Ballot Access: "The requirement for signatures for an independent nominating petition for candidates to be voted for by all of the voters of the state must contain 45,000 signatures or one percent of the total number of votes, excluding blank and void ballots, cast for the office of Governor at the last gubernatorial election, whichever is less, with at least 500 signatures or one percent of enrolled voters, whichever is less, coming from each of one-half of the congressional districts in the state." Election Law §6-146(1) |
Overview: Each presidential election
since 2000 Democratic enrollment has slowly edged up and
Republican enrollment has slowly eroded; for the Nov. 3
election Democratic enrollment stood at over 50% for the
first time. New York plays an important role as a media hub and source for campaign contributions and volunteers. Due to the pandemic there were far fewer visits than is typical (+), Pence and Biden visited for Sept. 11, but other traditional events were not done in person; for example on Sept. 22 Trump addressed the UN General Assembly by pre-recorded video and the Al Smith Dinner on Oct. 1 was virtual. The Biden campaign hired a deputy director in Sept. 2020; he coordinated with the volunteer-led New York for Biden-Harris, founded by Ny Whitaker in May 2019. According to Whitaker, volunteers completed more than 1 million GOTV calls. In the latter part of 2019, Trump, a lifetime New Yorker, made Florida his home state. On Jan. 16, 2020 the Trump campaign announced six honorary co-chairs: U.S. Reps. King, Reed, Stefanik and Zeldin, NYC Councilman Joe Borelli and Dutchess Co. Sheriff Butch Anderson. Trump supporters organized a number of parades. Biden-Harris won with a plurality of 1,986,187 votes (23.11 percentage points). Trump did carry 41 of the 62 counties. Also note, Green Party presidential nominee Howie Hawkins is from Syracuse and has twice run for governor of New York, but his party managed its worst ever showing for a presidential candidate in the state, obtaining just 0.38%. visits || activity BALLOT [PDF] |
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| Democrats Biden 1,136,679, Sanders 285,908, Warren 82,917, Bloomberg 39,433, Buttigieg 22,927, Yang 22,686, Gabbard 9,083, Patrick 3,040, Bennet 2,932, Steyer 2,299; Blank 135,486, Void 4,621... Total 1,759,039. 324 Delegates: 184 District, 61 At-Large, 29 PLEO and 50 Unpledged. |
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| Clinton 49.72% |
Clinton 59.47% |
Gore 60.21% |
Kerry 58.37% |
Obama 62.91% |
Obama 63.40% |
Clinton 59.38% |
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Population*: 13,591,250. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 56.8%. Voter Registration Deadline: in person and by mail (postmarked) Oct. 14, 2016 Enrollment: Dem. 5,665,105 (49.36%) Rep. 2,648,842 (23.08%) Ind'pce 454,006 (3.96%) Cons'v. 151,971 (1.32%) WF 44,366 (0.39%) Grn. 28,913 (0.25%) WEP 2,232 Ref. 891 Oth. 6,255 Blank 2,476,908 (21.58%). |
ballots cast including blank (77,103), void (3,440) and scattering (48,343): 7,801,985. 5,042,062
votes (%) were cast
in counties outside NYC and |
Overview: New York was home state
for both the major presidential candidates, and both
campaigns had their headquarters here, raised a lot of
money here, and connected with the media here. As the state was solidly
in the blue column, the campaigns mobilized volunteers
to help in battleground states. Hillary Clinton
carried the Empire State easily, gaining a plurality
of
1,736,585 votes (22.63 percentage points). Outside of NYC Clinton outpolled Trump by a relatively narrow margin, just 66,561 votes (2,391,543 to 2,324,984); in NYC Clinton won with a plurality of more than 1.5 million votes (2,164,575 to 494,549). General Election Activity Clinton | Trump BALLOT [PDF] |
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Population*: 13,299,567. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 53.2%. Voter Registration Deadline: in person and by mail (postmarked) Oct. 12, 2012 Enrollment: Dem. 5,403,236 (49.24%) Rep. 2,681,954 (24.44%) Ind'pce 430,072 (3.92%) Cons'v. 145,124 (1.32%) WF 40,961 (0.37%) Grn. 19,823 (0.18%) Oth. 3,560 Blank 2,249,506 (20.50%)... Total: 10,974,236 |
4,660,852 votes (65.4%) were cast in counties outside NYC and 2,464,686 votes (34.6%) were cast in NYC. |
2012 Overview New York was non-competitive in the presidential race, but the candidates made fairly frequent visits for fundaising and media appearances. Obama won the state's 29 electoral votes with a plurality of 1,988,489 votes (28.16 percentage points). Hurricane Sandy created major challenges for election officials in affected areas (+), and may have contributed to the lower turnout. Overall 596,180 fewer votes were cast than in 2008 (575,723 fewer votes in the presidential race). General Election Details Obama | Romney BALLOT [PDF] |
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Eligible Population*:
13,183,464. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 58.0%. Enrollment: Dem. 5,243,960 (48.48%) Rep. 2,789,863 (25.79%) Ind'pce 353,760 (3.27%) Cons'v. 137,380 (1.27%) WF 35,289 (0.33%) Grn. 22,966 (0.21%) Lib. 1,395 Misc. 21 Others 2,231,866 (20.63%)... Total: 10,816,500 |
Total incl. 84,689 Blank, Void, Scattering: 7,721,718 5,080,049 votes (65.8%) were cast in counties outside NYC and 2,641,669 votes (34.2%) were cast in NYC. |
2008 Overview Money and media attracted both major candidates to New York (visits). There were als several joint appearances. On Sept. 11 the two candidates joined for the commemoration at Ground Zero and participated in a ServiceNation forum at Columbia University. On Oct. 15 they participated in the final presidential debate at Hofstra University, and the next evening both were at the Alfred E. Smith dinner at the Waldorf Astoria. Obama easily carried the Empire State, gaining a plurality of 2,051,973 votes (26.87 percentage points). Outside of NYC Obama outpolled McCain by slightly more than half a million votes (2,730,786 to 2,227,984); in NYC Obama won with a plurality of more than 1.5 million votes (2,073,915 to 524,744). Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies, 1 | Nader |
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Population*: 12,738,056. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 58.0%. Enrollment: Dem. 5,534,574 (46.75%) Rep. 3,209,082 (27.11%) Ind'pce 323,063 (2.73%) Cons'v. 160,337 (1.35%) Lib'l. 80,344 (0.68%) RtL 46,026 (0.39%) Grn. 41,222 (0.35%) WF 25,932 (0.22%) Others 2,416,488 (20.41%)... Total 11,837,068 |
Write Ins: David Cobb (138), Michael Halpin (4), John Joseph Kennedy (8), Michael A. Peroutka (363), Bill Van Auken (4) Total incl. 57,017 Blank, Void, Scattering: 7,448,266 4,988,613 votes
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2004 Overview Kerry finished with a plurality of 1,351,713 votes (18.29 percentage points). Outside of
NYC Kerry outpolled Bush 2,486,265 to
2,375,033. In NYC Kerry won with a plurality
of 1.24 million votes (1,828,015 to 587,534). |
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Population*: 12,380,208. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 55.1%. Enrollment: Dem. 5,243,617 (46.56%) Rep. 3,171,044 (28.15%) Ind. 197,246 (1.75%) Cons. 173,905 (1.54%) Lib. 95,207 RtL 53,107 Grn. 12,121 WF 7,855 Others 2,308,714 (20.50%) ... Total 11,262,816 |
Total incl. 138,216 Blank, Void, Scattering: 6,960,215 4,691,713
votes (67.4%) were cast in counties outside NYC
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2000
Overview The presidential outcome was essentially a foregone conclusion. Statewide, Gore's plurality was 1,704,323 votes (24.98 percentage points). Outside New York City Bush carried 36 counties to 21 for Gore; Gore carried all five boroughs in NYC. Outside of NYC Gore outpolled Bush 2,404,333 to 2,004,648. In NYC Gore won with a plurality of about 1.3 million votes (1,703,364 to 398,726). In the really big race, the U.S. Senate campaign, Rick Lazio spent $40.1 million and Hillary Rodham Clinton spent $29.3 million. |
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