United States presidential election in New York, 2016

United States presidential election in New York, 2016
New York (state)
November 8, 2016
 
Nominee Hillary Clinton Donald Trump
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Tim Kaine Mike Pence
Electoral vote 29 0
Popular vote 4,149,500 2,639,994
Percentage 57.9% 36.8%

County Results

  Clinton—40-50%
  Clinton—50-60%
  Clinton—60-70%
  Clinton—70-80%
  Clinton—80-90%
  Trump—40-50%
  Trump—50-60%
  Trump—60-70%
  Trump—70-80%

President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

 Elected President

Donald Trump
Republican

The 2016 United States presidential election in New York was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. New York voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.

Hillary Clinton carried New York with 58.8% of the vote.[1] Donald Trump received 37.5% of the vote.

Although New York State remained a solid blue state, Democrat Hillary Clinton received fewer votes than President Obama in 2012, and Donald Trump received more votes in Upstate New York. Trump won 21 counties in New York State that voted for President Obama in 2012.[2] Significantly, outside New York City, Trump would have won, with 2,179,396, or 49.2% of the vote, to Clinton's 2,173,954 or 49.1% of the vote.

This presidential election marked the first time since 1944 when both party's presidential candidates had New York as their home state. In fact, it is also the first time since 1944 when both major party candidates even shared a home state.

Primary Elections

On April 19, 2016, in the presidential primaries, New York voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic and Republican parties' respective nominees for President. Registered members of each party only voted in their party's primary, while voters who were unaffiliated with either party didn't vote in the primary.[3]

Democratic primary

Two candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot:[4]

Similarly to the general election, both candidates in the Democratic primary had a connection to New York, as New York was Clinton's adopted home state, and the birthplace of Sanders.

New York Democratic primary, 2016
New York (state)
April 19, 2016 (2016-04-19)
 
Candidate Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders
Home state New York Vermont
Delegate count 139 108
Popular vote 1,133,980 820,256
Percentage 57.54% 41.62%

New York results by county
  Hillary Clinton
  Bernie Sanders
New York Democratic primary, April 19, 2016
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Hillary Clinton 1,133,980 57.54% 139 41 180
Bernie Sanders 820,056 41.62% 108 0 108
Void 11,306 0.57%
Blank Votes 5,358 0.27%
Uncommitted N/A 0 3 3
Total 1,970,900 100% 247 44 291
Source: Green Papers, New York State Board of Elections

Republican primary

Three candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:[4]

New York Republican primary, 2016
New York (state)
April 19, 2016 (2016-04-19)
 
Candidate Donald Trump John Kasich Ted Cruz
Home state New York Ohio Texas
Delegate count 89 6 0
Popular vote 554,522 231,166 136,083
Percentage 59.21% 24.68% 14.53%

New York results by county
  Trump
  Kasich
New York Republican primary, April 19, 2016
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Donald Trump 554,522 59.21% 89 0 89
John Kasich 231,166 24.68% 6 0 6
Ted Cruz 136,083 14.53% 0 0 0
Blank & Void 14,756 1.58% 0 0 0
Unprojected delegates: 0 0 0
Total: 936,527 100.00% 95 0 95
Source: The Green Papers

General Election

Polling

Polls have projected New York to remain safely in the Democratic column for Hillary Clinton, despite it also being the home state of Donald Trump.

Debates and Forums

The first Presidential Debate took place at Hofstra University. Snap polls indicated Ms. Clinton won.

Candidates

New York is a fusion state, which means that candidates are allowed to be on multiple lines. Those on the ballot are:

Democratic, Women's Equality and Working Families Parties

Conservative and Republican parties

Green party

Independence and Libertarian parties

With the introduction of computerized voting, write-in candidates are now permitted. The following is a certified list of persons who have made valid presidential write in filings with the State Board of Elections[5]

According to the New York Times, only 300 write-in votes were counted in 2012,[6] while 63,239 were recorded as "Blank, Void or Scattering".[7]

Results

 New York general election results
– Summary of results –
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Hillary Clinton 4,149,500 57.89%
Donald Trump 2,639,994 36.83%
Gary Johnson 162,273 2.26%
Jill Stein 100,110 1.4%
Other 115,663 1.61%
Total 7,167,540 100%
Source: New York State Board of Elections

See also

References

External links

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