The 2016 United States presidential election in New York was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential 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. New York has 29 electoral votes in the Electoral College.
Prior to the election, New York was considered to be a state that Clinton would win or a safe blue state. Despite Trump's association with the state, New York remained a Democratic stronghold with Clinton winning with 59.01% of the vote, while Trump received 36.52% of the vote, a 22.49% Democratic margin of victory. On Election Day, Clinton was immediately declared the winner of New York when polls closed based on exit polling alone.
Despite Clinton's landslide victory, Trump won more counties, taking 45 counties statewide compared to Clinton's 17. Trump also flipped 19 counties that had voted for Barack Obama in 2012, tied with Minnesota for the third-most counties flipped in any state; only Iowa and Wisconsin had more. Clinton received a smaller vote share than outgoing President Barack Obama had in 2012, while Trump improved on Mitt Romney's performance despite losing the state by a large margin.
New York was the home state of both major party nominees, though Clinton was born and raised in Chicago. Trump was born and raised in New York City and has been long associated with the state. Clinton has been a resident of Chappaqua in suburban Westchester County since 1999 and represented the state in the U.S. Senate from 2001 to 2009. Trump became the second consecutive major-party presidential nominee to lose his home state by over 20 points, after Mitt Romney, who lost his home state of Massachusetts by a similar margin in 2012. Before Romney, the last nominee this happened to was Herbert Hoover in his home state of California during 1932. Trump also became the fourth winning presidential candidate to lose his state of residence, after James K. Polk with Tennessee in 1844, Woodrow Wilson with New Jersey in 1916, and Richard Nixon with New York in 1968. Trump and Polk are the only ones to have lost their state of birth as well (also New York in Trump's case).
The election also marks the most recent cycle in which Trump would be on the presidential ballot as a legal resident of New York state; according to court filings, he registered Palm Beach, Florida, as his "primary residence" in 2019. This is the first time since 1956 in which New York voted more Republican than California, which has also occurred in every subsequent election.
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.
Democratic primary
Two candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot: Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders
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 (who was running from neighboring Vermont).
Republican primary
Three candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot: Ted Cruz John Kasich Donald Trump
General election
Predictions SourceRankingAs ofLos Angeles Times November 6, 2016CNNNovember 4, 2016Cook Political ReportNovember 7, 2016Electoral-vote.comNovember 8, 2016 Rothenberg Political Report November 7, 2016Sabato's Crystal BallNovember 7, 2016RealClearPoliticsNovember 8, 2016Fox NewsNovember 7, 2016
Polling
Polls projected New York to remain safely in the Democratic column for former Senator Hillary Clinton, despite it also being the home state of Donald Trump for his entire life. The last poll showed Hillary Clinton leading Trump 51% to 34%, and the average of the final 3 polls statewide showed Clinton leading Trump 52% to 31%, which was accurate compared to the results.
Debate The first Presidential Debate took place at Hofstra University. Snap polls indicated that Clinton won.
Candidates New York is a fusion state, which means that candidates are allowed to be on multiple lines. Those on the ballot were:
Democratic, Women's Equality and Working Families Parties Hillary Clinton / Tim Kaine
Conservative and Republican parties Donald Trump / Mike Pence
Green party Jill Stein / Ajamu Baraka
Independence and Libertarian parties Gary Johnson / Bill Weld
Gary Johnson and Bill Weld were nominated by the Libertarian and Independence Parties using separate elector slates. Their votes have been added together in the below table for convenience.
With the introduction of computerized voting, write-in candidates were permitted. The following is a certified list of persons who made valid presidential write in filings with the State Board of Elections
According to The New York Times, only 300 write-in votes were counted in 2012, while 63,239 were recorded as "Blank, Void or Scattering".
Results 2016 United States presidential election in New York Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes DemocraticHillary Clinton Tim Kaine 4,379,783 56.08% Working FamiliesHillary Clinton Tim Kaine 140,043 1.83% Women's EqualityHillary Clinton Tim Kaine 36,292 0.47% Total Hillary Clinton Tim Kaine 4,556,118 59.38% 29 Republican Donald Trump Mike Pence 2,527,141 32.94% Conservative Donald Trump Mike Pence 292,392 3.81% Total Donald Trump Mike Pence 2,819,533 36.75% 0 Independence Gary Johnson Bill Weld 119,160 1.55% 0 Libertarian Gary Johnson Bill Weld 57,438 0.75% 0 Total Gary Johnson Bill Weld 176,598 2.30% Green Jill Stein Ajamu Baraka 107,935 1.41% 0 Official write-in Evan McMullin Mindy Finn 10,397 0.14% 0 Official write-in Others Others 2,518 0.03% 0 Totals 7,673,099 100.00% 29
New York City results 2016 Presidential Election in New York CityManhattanThe BronxBrooklynQueens Staten IslandTotal Democratic-Working Families-Women's EqualityHillary Clinton579,013353,646640,553517,22078,1432,159,57578.99%86.6%88.5%79.5%75.4%41.0% Republican-ConservativeDonald Trump64,93037,797141,044149,341101,437494,54918.1%9.7%9.5%17.5%21.8%56.1% OthersOthers24,9978,07924,00819,8325,38082,2963.0%3.7%2.0%3.0%2.9%3.0%TOTAL668,940399,522805,605686,393184,9602,736,420100.00%
By New York City Council district Clinton won 47 of 51 New York City Council districts, including one held by a Republican, while Trump won 4 of 51 city council districts, including two held by Democrats.
District Clinton Trump City-Council Member1st 83.3% 12.6%Margaret Chin2nd 86.6% 9.3%Rosie Méndez3rd 87.1% 9.0% Corey Johnson4th 78.1% 17.5%Daniel Garodnick5th 80.1% 15.5%Ben Kallos6th 87.2% 9.0%Helen Rosenthal7th 91.9% 4.8%Mark Levine8th 92.8% 5.0%Melissa Mark-Viverito9th 94.6% 2.7%Inez Dickens10th 89.8% 7.1%Ydanis Rodriguez11th 81.5% 15.1%Andrew Cohen12th 94.1% 4.3%Andy King13th 66.6% 30.5%James Vacca14th 93.0% 5.3%Fernando Cabrera15th 92.1% 6.1%Ritchie Torres16th 94.8% 3.9%Vanessa Gibson17th 93.5% 4.8%Rafael Salamanca18th 91.6% 6.6%Annabel Palma19th 54.6% 41.9%Paul Vallone20th 69.0% 28.1%Peter Koo21st 87.3% 10.5%Julissa Ferreras22nd 77.3% 18.5%Costa Constantinides23rd 71.0% 26.2%Barry Grodenchik24th 72.3% 24.7%Rory Lancman25th 80.0% 17.0%Daniel Dromm26th 82.1% 14.4%Jimmy Van Bramer27th 94.8% 3.7%Daneek Miller28th 91.2% 7.4%Adrienne Adams29th 68.8% 27.4%Karen Koslowitz30th 56.4% 39.9%Elizabeth Crowley31st 89.1% 9.0%Donovan Richards32nd 59.6% 37.6%Eric Ulrich33rd 85.6% 10.4%Stephen Levin34th 89.1% 7.2%Antonio Reynoso35th 91.6% 5.3%Laurie Cumbo36th 95.1% 1.9%Robert Cornegy37th 91.8% 5.5%Rafael Espinal38th 79.7% 16.8%Carlos Menchaca39th 85.0% 11.4%Brad Lander40th 91.9% 5.3%Mathieu Eugene41st 95.6% 2.7%Darlene Mealy42nd 95.2% 3.5%Inez Barron43rd 54.7% 40.9%Vincent J. Gentile44th 31.4% 64.5%David G. Greenfield45th 84.2% 13.6%Jumaane Williams46th 75.0% 22.8%Alan Maisel47th 54.2% 43.0%Mark Treyger48th 38.8% 58.1%Chaim Deutsch49th 67.1% 29.6%Debi Rose50th 34.9% 62.0%Steven Matteo51st 25.5% 71.9%Joe Borelli
By county