Syracuse, NY Metro Area — Elections 1876–2024

2024 presidential election

Syracuse, NY

HarrisD+6.8

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How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Kamala Harris ✓Democratic	52.9%	168,267
Donald TrumpRepublican	46.0%	146,489
OtherAll other candidates	1.1%	3,368

D+60

R+60

3 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

presidential history

Presidential margin, 1876–2024

Democratic minus Republican, by election

Presidential margin over time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	No data
1880	No data
1884	No data
1888	No data
1892	−15.2%
1896	−29.1%
1900	−25.0%
1904	−28.9%
1908	−23.8%
1912	−2.0%
1916	−17.4%
1920	−39.6%
1924	−40.9%
1928	−21.8%
1932	−7.7%
1936	−18.8%
1940	−19.3%
1944	−10.3%
1948	−15.2%
1952	−34.1%
1956	−49.0%
1960	−12.4%
1964	+33.0%
1968	−9.8%
1972	−40.4%
1976	−20.9%
1980	−14.4%
1984	−24.1%
1988	−7.6%
1992	+3.5%
1996	+11.3%
2000	+8.2%
2004	+5.7%
2008	+15.4%
2012	+17.0%
2016	+4.8%
2020	+10.1%
2024	+6.8%

DemocraticRepublican

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Other	Margin	Total
2024	D	52.9%Harris168,267	46.0%Trump146,489	1.1%	+6.8%	318,124
2020	D	53.9%Biden174,941	43.8%Trump142,266	2.3%incl. Jorgensen	+10.1%	324,601
2016	D	49.2%Clinton141,099	44.4%Trump127,273	6.4%incl. Johnson	+4.8%	286,684
2012	D	57.5%Obama159,640	40.5%Romney112,433	1.9%	+17.0%	277,402
2008	D	56.8%Obama168,786	41.4%McCain122,977	1.9%	+15.4%	297,390
2004	D	51.8%Kerry153,635	46.2%Bush136,868	2.0%	+5.7%	296,519
2000	D	51.6%Gore144,770	43.4%Bush121,806	5.0%incl. Nader	+8.2%	280,488
1996	D	49.5%Clinton132,462	38.2%Dole102,254	12.3%incl. Perot	+11.3%	267,600
1992	D	39.9%Clinton117,734	36.4%Bush107,465	23.6%incl. Perot	+3.5%	294,872
1988	R	45.8%Dukakis123,846	53.4%Bush144,344	0.8%	−7.6%	270,450
1984	R	37.8%Mondale104,415	61.9%Reagan170,906	0.4%	−24.1%	276,311
1980	R	37.2%Carter96,639	51.6%Reagan134,072	11.2%incl. Anderson	−14.4%	259,758
1976	R	39.3%Carter101,251	60.2%Ford155,097	0.5%	−20.9%	257,632
1972	R	29.7%McGovern79,453	70.1%Nixon187,540	0.2%	−40.4%	267,631
1968	R	42.3%Humphrey105,268	52.1%Nixon129,666	5.5%incl. Wallace	−9.8%	248,720
1964	D	66.4%Johnson167,731	33.5%Goldwater84,478	0.1%	+33.0%	252,420
1960	R	43.8%Kennedy114,813	56.2%Nixon147,428	0.1%	−12.4%	262,421
1956	R	25.5%Stevenson63,630	74.5%Eisenhower185,684	0.0%	−49.0%	249,314
1952	R	32.9%Stevenson80,819	66.9%Eisenhower164,592	0.2%	−34.1%	245,897
1948	R	40.7%Truman85,052	55.9%Dewey116,878	3.5%incl. Thurmond	−15.2%	209,210
1944	R	44.7%Roosevelt92,264	55.0%Dewey113,609	0.3%	−10.3%	206,507
1940	R	40.2%Roosevelt87,241	59.5%Willkie129,006	0.3%	−19.3%	216,914
1936	R	39.7%Roosevelt79,880	58.5%Landon117,654	1.8%	−18.8%	201,236
1932	R	44.6%Roosevelt82,437	52.3%Hoover96,616	3.1%	−7.7%	184,692
1928	R	38.2%Smith71,562	60.0%Hoover112,460	1.9%	−21.8%	187,497
1924	R	24.8%Davis36,067	65.6%Coolidge95,560	9.6%incl. La Follette	−40.9%	145,632
1920	R	27.4%Cox35,150	67.0%Harding86,007	5.6%	−39.6%	128,374
1916	R	38.7%Wilson30,039	56.2%Hughes43,550	5.1%	−17.4%	77,542
1912	R	33.7%Wilson24,247	35.8%Taft25,688	30.5%incl. Roosevelt	−2.0%	71,850
1908	R	35.1%Bryan26,452	59.0%Taft44,383	5.9%	−23.8%	75,278
1904	R	33.3%Parker24,195	62.2%Roosevelt45,236	4.5%	−28.9%	72,690
1900	R	35.3%Bryan24,976	60.3%McKinley42,651	4.4%	−25.0%	70,742
1896	R	33.9%Bryan23,676	63.0%McKinley44,031	3.1%	−29.1%	69,883
1892	R	39.5%Cleveland25,683	54.6%Harrison35,553	5.9%incl. Weaver	−15.2%	65,064
1888	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1884	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1880	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1876	—	—	—	—	No data	—

Demographics

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
Indicator	Syracuse, NYMetro area	New YorkState	United StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White	79.5%	55.2%	61.0%
Black	8.1%	14.4%	12.2%
Asian	3.2%	9.1%	6.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	10.3%	12.6%
Other race	2.2%	11.1%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	19.8%	19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income	$75,402	$85,974	$84,427
Poverty rate	13.9%	14.0%	12.5%
Median age	40.1	39.9	39.1
Age 18–24	10.6%	9.0%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	18.7%	18.0%	17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	35.1%	40.0%	35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home	9.3%	30.9%	22.3%
Spanish	2.7%	14.8%	13.6%
Other Indo-European	1.3%	4.0%	2.0%
Ancestry
Largest ancestry	Irish 17.7%	Italian 10.9%	German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestry	German 14.5%	Irish 10.5%	Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestry	Italian 14.3%	German 8.6%	English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic	30.0%	30.8%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	7.3%	5.1%	16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed	51.7%	48.7%	51.5%
Mainline Protestant	5.9%	3.8%	5.2%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

Irish

17.7%

German

14.5%

Italian

14.3%

English

12.5%

Polish

5.6%

American

4.1%

French

3.4%

Scottish

1.0%

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.

Jamaican

0.3%

Haitian

0.2%

African

0.2%

Somali

0.2%

The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.

Specific origin · ACS B03001

Puerto Rican

2.3%

Mexican

0.6%

Cuban

0.4%

Dominican

0.3%

Spanish

0.2%

Detailed group · ACS B02015

Chinese

0.8%

Asian Indian

0.5%

Burmese

0.4%

Vietnamese

0.3%

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.

2024 ACS

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 40.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.5%

2.3%

75–84

3.0%

5.4%

65–74

5.7%

7.0%

55–64

7.2%

5.6%

45–54

5.8%

6.0%

35–44

6.1%

6.2%

25–34

6.3%

5.2%

18–24

5.4%

7.8%

5–17

7.5%

2.6%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$75,402

Syracuse, NY$75,402

New York$85,974

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

13.9%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1820.4%

Working age (18–64)12.2%

Seniors (65+)11.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

90.7%

speak English only

Spanish2.7%

Other Indo-European1.3%

Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.9%

Other languages0.9%

Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.8%

Arabic0.7%

Other Asian & Pacific Island0.6%

French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.5%

German or other West Germanic0.4%

Vietnamese0.3%

Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.2%

Korean0.1%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic

30.0%

Evangelical Protestant

7.3%

Mainline Protestant

5.9%

Muslim

1.3%

Black Protestant

1.1%

Hindu

0.7%

Latter-day Saints

0.6%

Other Christian

0.4%

Jewish

0.4%

Orthodox Christian

0.4%

Other faiths

0.1%

Unaffiliated or not counted51.7%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

Syracuse, NY sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Democratic.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 33.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 49.0 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 6.8 points.

A population of 656,410, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,402 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Syracuse, NY, New York vote in 2024?

In 2024, Syracuse, NY, New York voted Democratic by 6.8 points (D+6.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 318,124 votes cast, 168,267 went Democratic and 146,489 went Republican.

When did Syracuse, NY, New York last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which Syracuse, NY, New York voted Republican was 1988.

How many people live in Syracuse, NY, New York?

Syracuse, NY, New York has a population of 656,410 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Syracuse, NY, New York?

Median household income in Syracuse, NY, New York is $75,402 — below the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.

What is the political history of Syracuse, NY, New York?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Syracuse, NY, New York from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.

Syracuse, NY has voted Democratic in nine straight presidential elections — D+6.8 in 2024.

Demographics

Demographic Profile

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