New York state is one of the initial 13 states of America, but due to a deadlock in the state legislature, it did not join the first presidential election in 1788–89. However, apart from this election, New York State has participated in all 58 other elections in U.S. history.

The political landscape of New York has undergone significant changes over the years. The Democratic Party has emerged as the dominant force in the state's politics, with a substantial majority of registered voters affiliating with the party. New York is recognized as one of the key Democratic strongholds, alongside California and Illinois. In the past, New York was considered a swing state, consistently backing the winning candidate in elections from 1792 to 1984, with only a few exceptions. However, since 1988, the state has consistently leaned towards the Democratic Party, often delivering them a significant majority of votes exceeding 60%.

New York is a signatory of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, an interstate compact in which signatories award all of their electoral votes to the winner of the national-level popular vote in a presidential election, even if another candidate won an individual signatory's popular vote. it has not yet gone into force.

Presidential elections

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Note – A double dagger () indicates the national winner.

1788–89 to 1820 In elections before 1828, New York did not conduct a popular vote. The state legislature appointed each Elector. In the 1788-89 election, New York's state legislature failed to appoint presidential electors on time.

+ Year Winner Runner-upCandidate Votes%Candidate Votes% N/A 12 12 12 19 19 29 29 29

1824 The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes (Andrew Jackson) did not become president, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain. This election marks the last time the New York State Legislature chose the state's electors as opposed to using some form of popular vote method. + YearWinnerRunner-upRunner-upRunner-upTotalCandidate Candidate Candidate Candidate 1824 26 5 1 4 36

1828 In this election, each district's election result decided the electoral college. + Year Winner Runner-upTotalCandidate Votes%Candidate Votes% 1828 139,412 20 131,563 16 36

1832 to 1856 + Year Winner Runner-upOther candidateCandidate Votes%Candidate Votes%Candidate Votes% 1832 168,497 154,896 42 1836 166,795 138,548 42 1840 226,001 212,733 2,809 42 1844 237,588 232,482 15,812 36 1848 218,583 120,497 114,319 36 1852 262,083 234,882 25,329 35 1856 276,004 195,878 124,604 35

1860 The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War. + Year Winner Runner-upCandidate Votes(%)Candidate Votes(%) 1860 362,646() , and 312,510() 35

1864 to present + Year Winner Runner-upOther candidateCandidate Votes%Candidate Votes%Candidate Votes% 368,735 361,986 33 429,883 419,888 33 440,738 387,282 35 521,949 489,207 2,369 35 555,544 534,511 12,373 35 563,154 562,005 25,006 36 650,338 635,965 30,231 36 654,868 609,350 38,190 36 819,838 551,369 18,950 36 822,013 678,462 22,077 36 859,533 683,981 36,883 39 870,070 667,468 38,451 39 655,573 455,487 390,093 45 879,238 759,426 45,944 45 1,871,167 781,238 203,201 45 1,820,058 950,796 474,913 45 2,193,344 2,089,863 107,332 45 2,534,959 1,937,963 177,397 47 3,293,222 2,180,670 86,897 47 3,251,918 3,027,478 18,950 47 3,304,238 2,987,647 14,352 47 2,841,163 2,780,204 509,559 47 3,952,815 3,104,601 64,211 45 4,345,506 2,458,282 Write-ins 2,521 45 3,830,085 3,446,419 14,319 45 4,913,156 2,243,559 6,085 43 3,378,470 3,007,932 358,864 43 4,192,778 2,951,084 7,797 41 3,389,558 3,100,791 12,197 41 2,893,831 2,728,372 467,801 41 3,664,763 3,119,609 11,949 36 3,347,882 3,081,871 20,497 36 3,444,450 2,346,649 1,090,721 33 3,756,177 1,933,492 503,458 33 4,113,791 2,405,676 244,398 33 4,314,280 2,962,567 99,873 31 4,804,945 2,752,771 41,249 31 4,485,741 2,490,431 47,256 29 4,556,124 2,819,534 176,598 29 5,244,886 3,251,997 60,383 29 4,619,195 3,578,899 Write-ins 182,364 28

See also Elections in New York

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