New York — Elections 1876–2024

New York: state. In 2024, voted D+13%. Republican peak: R+38 in 1920.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: D+13MIT Election Lab
Political typology: Akashic typology
Population: 19,852,3662024 5-year
Median household income: $85,9742024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 55.2%2024 5-year
Black: 14.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 19.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+37 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+38 in 1920MIT Election Lab

2024 presidential election

New York

HarrisD+13

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How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Kamala Harris ✓Democratic	55.6%	4,619,195
Donald TrumpRepublican	43.1%	3,578,899
OtherAll other candidates	1.2%	102,448

D+60

R+60

62 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	+3.4%
1896	−18.9%
1900	−9.3%
1904	−10.9%
1908	−12.4%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−7.0%
1920	−37.6%
1924	−26.6%
1928	−2.3%
1932	+12.7%
1936	+19.9%
1940	+3.6%
1944	+5.0%
1948	−1.0%
1952	−11.9%
1956	−22.4%
1960	+5.3%
1964	+37.3%
1968	+5.5%
1972	−17.3%
1976	+4.4%
1980	−2.7%
1984	−8.0%
1988	+4.1%
1992	+15.8%
1996	+28.9%
2000	+25.0%
2004	+18.3%
2008	+26.9%
2012	+28.2%
2016	+22.5%
2020	+23.1%
2024	+12.5%

DemocraticRepublican

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+12.5%	4,619,195	3,578,899	8,300,542
2020	D	+23.1%	5,244,886	3,251,997	8,616,861
2016	D	+22.5%	4,556,142	2,819,557	7,721,795
2012	D	+28.2%	4,485,877	2,490,496	7,081,536
2008	D	+26.9%	4,804,701	2,752,728	7,640,640
2004	D	+18.3%	4,314,280	2,962,567	7,391,954
2000	D	+25.0%	4,113,791	2,405,676	6,831,178
1996	D	+28.9%	3,756,177	1,933,492	6,316,129
1992	D	+15.8%	3,444,450	2,346,649	6,926,925
1988	D	+4.1%	3,347,882	3,081,871	6,485,683
1984	R	−8.0%	3,119,609	3,664,763	6,806,810
1980	R	−2.7%	2,728,372	2,893,831	6,201,673
1976	D	+4.4%	3,389,558	3,100,791	6,534,420
1972	R	−17.3%	2,951,084	4,192,778	7,161,830
1968	D	+5.5%	3,378,470	3,007,932	6,790,066
1964	D	+37.3%	4,913,156	2,243,559	7,166,015
1960	D	+5.3%	3,830,085	3,446,419	7,291,079
1956	R	−22.4%	2,750,769	4,340,340	7,091,109
1952	R	−11.9%	3,104,601	3,952,815	7,128,241
1948	R	−1.0%	2,780,204	2,841,163	6,178,502
1944	D	+5.0%	3,304,238	2,987,647	6,316,817
1940	D	+3.6%	3,251,918	3,027,478	6,313,897
1936	D	+19.9%	3,293,222	2,180,670	5,596,398
1932	D	+12.7%	2,534,959	1,937,963	4,688,614
1928	R	−2.3%	2,089,863	2,193,344	4,405,626
1924	R	−26.6%	950,796	1,820,058	3,263,939
1920	R	−37.6%	781,238	1,871,167	2,898,513
1916	R	−7.0%	759,426	879,238	1,706,305
1912	D	+12.6%	655,573	455,487	1,588,315
1908	R	−12.4%	667,468	870,070	1,638,350
1904	R	−10.9%	683,981	859,533	1,617,765
1900	R	−9.3%	678,462	822,013	1,548,043
1896	R	−18.9%	551,369	819,838	1,423,876
1892	D	+3.4%	654,868	609,350	1,336,793
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Congressional elections · 17 Senate races

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	Won	D %	R %	Total
2024	D	56.2%	38.7%	8,381,397
2022	D	51.7%	37.7%	5,848,556
2018	D	62.0%	28.6%	6,055,151
2016	D	61.3%	22.1%	7,800,725
2012	D	62.1%	21.3%	7,116,628
2010	D	64.0%	26.0%	4,763,899
2006	D	57.4%	25.8%	4,700,632
2004	D	58.9%	21.8%	7,447,818
2000	D	51.2%	39.1%	6,959,662
1998	D	47.8%	33.7%	4,989,877
1994	D	47.5%	32.1%	5,328,486
1992	D	41.6%	37.5%	7,078,805
1988	D	64.7%	27.9%	6,040,980
1986	R	38.4%	45.3%	4,484,859
1982	D	62.2%	28.5%	4,967,729
1980	D	43.5%	37.8%	6,014,914
1976	D	48.6%	37.9%	6,666,875

Demographics

2024 ACS

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

Italian

10.9%

Irish

10.5%

German

8.6%

English

5.6%

American

4.2%

Polish

3.8%

French

1.5%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

2024 ACS

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 39.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.5%

2.3%

75–84

3.1%

4.8%

65–74

5.5%

6.5%

55–64

6.8%

6.0%

45–54

6.2%

6.5%

35–44

6.5%

7.1%

25–34

7.1%

4.5%

18–24

4.5%

7.7%

5–17

7.3%

2.8%

2.7%

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

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$85,974

New York ranks near the middle of US counties.

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

14.0%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)12.7%

Seniors (65+)15.2%

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

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

69.1%

speak English only

Spanish14.8%

Other Indo-European9.0%

Asian & Pacific Islander5.2%

Other languages1.9%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

31.3%

Non-Christian

8.5%

Other Christian

5.0%

Mainline Protestant

2.2%

Methodist

1.7%

Baptist

1.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

New York sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Democratic.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of thirty-seven points in 1964 and a Republican high of thirty-eight points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the state moved eleven points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was thirteen points.

A population of 19,852,366, a 55% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $85,974 describe the state.

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Frequently asked questions

How did New York vote in 2024?

In 2024, New York voted Democratic by 12.5 points (D+13), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 8,300,542 votes cast, 4,619,195 went Democratic and 3,578,899 went Republican.

What is New York's political typology?

Akashic places New York in the "" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the state has voted Democratic 20 times, Republican 14 times, and other 0 times.

When did New York last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which New York voted Republican was 1984.

How many people live in New York?

New York has a population of 19,852,366 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in New York?

Median household income in New York is $85,974 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.

What is the political history of New York?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in New York from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The state's typology — "" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.

Queens County, NY	R +204,338
Kings County, NY	R +150,358
Bronx County, NY	R +115,573

New York has voted Democratic in ten straight presidential elections — D+13 in 2024.

Key facts

U.S. Senate

Demographics

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