New York

NEW YORK

29 Electoral Votes

New York goes from 31 electoral votes to 29 as a result of reapportionment following the 2010 Census

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, New York State Board of Elections)

Total Resident Population, July 1, 2012 est.	19,570,261
Total Enrollment, Nov. 1, 2012 (active)	10,974,236 >	tot. incl inactive: 11,969,192

Dem. 5,403,236 (49.24%) Rep. 2,681,954 (24.44%) Ind'pce 430,072 (3.92%) Cons'v. 145,124 (1.32%) WF 40,961 (0.37%) Grn. 19,823 (0.18%) Oth. 3,560 Blank 2,249,506 (20.50%)
New York has: 58 counties (this counts New York City as one county).
Largest counties (one million-plus): Kings, Queens, New York, Suffolk, Bronx, Nassau. >
Largest cities: New York, Buffalo, Rochester, Yonkers, Syracuse. >
...6.7 million of the 11.0 million active enrolled voters are in the 57 counties outside NYC; 4.2 million are in the 5 boroughs of NYC.

Government
Governor: Andrew Cuomo (D) elected 2010.
State Legislature: NY State Assembly: 150 seats NY State Senate: 62 seats
Local: Municipalities, Counties NACO Counties
U.S. House: 21D, 8R - 1. T.Bishop (D) | 2. S.Israel (D) | 3. P.King (R) | 4. C.McCarthy (D) | 5. G.Ackerman (D) | 6. G.Meeks (D) | 7. J.Crowley (D) | 8. J.Nadler (D) | 9. B.Turner (R) | 10. E.Towns (D) | 11. Y.Clarke (D) | 12. N.Velázquez (D) | 13. M.Grimm (R) | 14. C.Maloney (D) | 15. C.Rangel (D) | 16. J.Serrano (D) | 17. E.Engel (D) | 18. N.Lowey (D) | 19. N.Hayworth (R) | 20. C.Gibson (R) | 21. P.Tonko (D) | 22. M.Hinchey (D) | 23. B.Owens (D) | 24. R.Hanna (R) | 25. A.M.Buerkle (R) | 26. K.Hochul (D) | 27. B.Higgins (D) | 28. L.Slaughter (D) | 29. T.Reed (R).
U.S. Senate: Kirsten Gillibrand (D) named Jan. 23, 2009, elected Nov. 2010; re-elected in 2012, Charles E. Schumer (D) elected 2010.

2012
U.S. Senate: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D) won a full term, garnering 72.2% of the vote over Wendy Long (R), Colia Clark (G), Chris Edes (L) and John Mangelli (CSP).
U.S. House: After the 2010 mid-terms, there were a couple of resignations due to scandals and special elections occurred in the old 26th CD (formerly Chris Lee (R), won by Kathy Hochul (D)) and 9th CD (formerly Andrew Weiner (D), won by Bob Turner (R)). New York lost two seats due to reapportionment. Four members announced their retirements (old district number): 5. Gary Ackerman (D), 9. Bob Turner (R), 10. Edolphus Towns (D), and 22. Maurice Hinchey (D). Five new (or restored) Members were elected (new district number): 6. Grace Meng (D), 8. Hakeem Jeffries (D), 18. Sean Patrick Maloney (D), 24. Dan Maffei (D), and 27. Chris Collins (R). The balance goes from 21D, 8R to 21D, 6R.
- Democrats achieved two pick-ups. In a re-match in CD-24 (Syracuse), former Rep. Dan Maffei (D) defeated freshman Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (R) to reclaim the seat he lost in 2010; the margin was 48.86% to 43.40% and 7.74% for Ursula Rozum (G). In CD-18 (Hudson Valley) attorney Sean Patrick Maloney (D) defeated freshman Rep. Nan Hayworth (R) by 51.95% to 48.05%.
- Republicans achieved one pick-up. In CD-27 (Western NY) businessman and former Erie County Executive Chris Collins (R) defeated freshman Rep. Kathy Hochul (D) by 5,001 votes out of 322,440 or 161,220 (50.79%) to 156,219 (49.21%)..
- And, two other new Democratic Members were elected. In CD-6 (Forest Hills area in Queens) Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D) defeated Councilman Dan Halloran (R) by a more than 2:1 margin in the race to succeed Rep. Ackerman. In CD-8 (Brooklyn) Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries (D) won 90.2% of the vote, defeating Alan Belllone (R) and Colin Beavan (G) of "No Impact Man" fame, succeeding Rep. Towns.
State Legislature: The balance in the Assembly went from 101D, 49R to 107D, 43R and in the Senate from 33R, 29D and 1v to 32R, 29D, 2u (Rs control through coalition w/ indep. Ds).

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The Empire State

General Election--Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Voting Eligible Population*: 13,299,567.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 53.2%.

Voter Registration Deadline: in person and by mail (postmarked) October 12, 2012

Official Results >
+Obama/Biden (Dem./WF)	4,477,020	(63.40)
Romney/Ryan (Rep./Cons.)	2,488,531	(35.24)
Stein/Honkala (Grn.)	39,900	(0.56)
Lindsay/Osorio (PS&L)	2,045	(0.02)
Johnson/Gray (Lib.)	47,195	(0.66)
Goode/Clymer (Const.)	6,273	(0.09)
Official write ins	342
Total........7,061,306

ballots cast including blank, void and scattering: 7,125,538.

4,660,852 votes (65.4%) were cast in counties outside NYC and
2,464,686 votes (34.6%) were cast in NYC.

Overview: New York was non-competitive in the presidential race, but the candidates made fairly frequent visits for fundaising and media appearances. Obama won the state's 29 electoral votes with a plurality of 1,988,489 votes (28.16 percentage points). Hurricane Sandy created major challenges for election officials in affected areas (+), and may have contributed to the lower turnout. Overall 596,180 fewer votes were cast than in 2008 (575,723 fewer votes in the presidential race).
General Election Details
Obama | Romney
BALLOT [PDF]

[State/Local Primary Sept. 13, 2012]
[Federal Primary June 26, 2012]

2012 Presidential Preference Primary--Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Amid very low turnout, former Gov. Mitt Romney easly won the Republican primary.

Democrats

Republicans
95 Delegates: 3 RNC; 11 at-large; 81 by CD (3 x 27 CD).
4.16% of the 2,286 Delegates.

Ron Paul	27,699	14.61%
Newt Gingrich	23,990	12.65%
+Mitt Romney	118,912	62.72%
Rick Santorum	18,997	10.02%
Total	189,598

total ballots including 917 blank, void, scattering: 190,515

General Election -- Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Voting Eligible Population*: 13,183,464.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 58.0%.

Enrollment: Dem. 5,243,960 (48.48%) Rep. 2,789,863 (25.79%) Ind'pce 353,760 (3.27%) Cons'v. 137,380 (1.27%) WF 35,289 (0.33%) Grn. 22,966 (0.21%) Lib. 1,395 Misc. 21 Others 2,231,866 (20.63%)... Total: 10,816,500

Official Results >
+Obama/Biden (Dem./WF)	4,804,701	(62.91)
McCain/Palin (Rep./Cons./Ind.)	2,752,728	(36.04)
McKinney/Clemente (Grn.)	12,801	(0.17)
Barr/Root (Lib.)	19,595	(0.26)
Nader/Gonzalez (PLT)	41,248	(0.54)
La Riva/Puryear (PSL)	1,639	(0.02)
Calero/Kennedy (SWP)	3,615	(0.05)
Official Write Ins	702	(0.01)
Total........7,637,029

Write Ins included 634 for Baldwin and 35 for Keyes.

Total incl. 84,689 Blank, Void, Scattering: 7,721,718

5,080,049 votes (65.8%) were cast in counties outside NYC and
2,641,669 votes (34.2%) were cast in NYC.

2008 Overview
Money and media attracted both major candidates to New York (visits). There were als several joint appearances. On Sept. 11 the two candidates joined for the commemoration at Ground Zero and participated in a ServiceNation forum at Columbia University. On Oct. 15 they participated in the final presidential debate at Hofstra University, and the next evening both were at the Alfred E. Smith dinner at the Waldorf Astoria.

Obama easily carried the Empire State, gaining a plurality of 2,051,973 votes (26.87 percentage points).

Outside of NYC Obama outpolled McCain by slightly more than half a million votes (2,730,786 to 2,227,984); in NYC Obama won with a plurality of more than 1.5 million votes (2,073,915 to 524,744).
Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies, 1 | Nader

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004

Voting Eligible Population*: 12,738,056.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 58.0%.

Enrollment: Dem. 5,534,574 (46.75%) Rep. 3,209,082 (27.11%) Ind'pce 323,063 (2.73%) Cons'v. 160,337 (1.35%) Lib'l. 80,344 (0.68%) RtL 46,026 (0.39%) Grn. 41,222 (0.35%) WF 25,932 (0.22%) Others 2,416,488 (20.41%)... Total 11,837,068

Bush/Cheney (Rep./Cons'v)	2,962,567	(40.08)
+Kerry/Edwards (Dem./WF)	4,314,280	(58.37)
Nader* (Ind'pce/P&J)	99,873	(1.35)
Calero/Hawkins (SWP)	2,405	(0.03)
Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.)	11,607	(0.16)
Official Write Ins (5)	517	-
Total........7,391,249

*Nader/Pierce (Independence): 84,247 and Nader/Camejo (Peace And Justice): 15,626

Write Ins: David Cobb (138), Michael Halpin (4), John Joseph Kennedy (8), Michael A. Peroutka (363), Bill Van Auken (4)

Total incl. 57,017 Blank, Void, Scattering: 7,448,266

4,988,613 votes (67.0%) were cast in counties outside NYC and
2,459,653 votes (33.0%) were cast in NYC.

2004 Overview
Kerry finished with a plurality of 1,351,713 votes (18.29 percentage points).

Outside of NYC Kerry outpolled Bush 2,486,265 to 2,375,033. In NYC Kerry won with a plurality of 1.24 million votes (1,828,015 to 587,534).
Kerry/Allies | Bush-Cheney '04
General Election Details

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000

Voting Eligible Population*: 12,380,208.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 55.1%.

Enrollment: Dem. 5,243,617 (46.56%) Rep. 3,171,044 (28.15%) Ind. 197,246 (1.75%) Cons. 173,905 (1.54%) Lib. 95,207 RtL 53,107 Grn. 12,121 WF 7,855 Others 2,308,714 (20.50%) ... Total 11,262,816

Bush/Cheney (Rep./Cons'v)	2,403,374	(35.23)
+Gore/Lieberman (Dem/Lib'l/WF)	4,107,697	(60.21)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (Indp'ce)	24,361	(0.36)
Buchanan/Foster (RtL/BuchRef)	31,599	(0.46)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)	244,030	(3.58)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)	1,498	(0.02)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)	7,649	(0.11)
Harris/Trowe (SWP)	1,789	(0.03)
Official Write Ins (5)	2	-
Total........6,821,999

Total incl. 138,216 Blank, Void, Scattering: 6,960,215

4,691,713 votes (67.4%) were cast in counties outside NYC and
2,268,502 votes (32.6%) were cast in NYC.

2000 Overview
The presidential outcome was essentially a foregone conclusion. Statewide, Gore's plurality was 1,704,323 votes (24.98 percentage points). Outside New York City Bush carried 36 counties to 21 for Gore; Gore carried all five boroughs in NYC.

Outside of NYC Gore outpolled Bush 2,404,333 to 2,004,648. In NYC Gore won with a plurality of about 1.3 million votes (1,703,364 to 398,726).

In the really big race, the U.S. Senate campaign, Rick Lazio spent $40.1 million and Hillary Rodham Clinton spent $29.3 million.

General Election Activity

1992 and 1996 General Elections

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1992

Clinton (D/L)...........3,444,450	(49.72)
Bush (R/C/RtL.)......2,346,649	(33.88)
Perot (NoPty).........1,090,721	(15.75)
Others (4+w/ins).........45,113	(0.65)
Total........6,926,933

1996

Clinton (D/L)...........3,756,177	(59.47)
Dole (R/C/F)...........1,933,492	(30.61)
Perot (Ind.)................503,458	(7.97)
Nader (Grn.)................75,956	(1.20)
Others (5)...................47,046	(0.75)
Blank/Scat................123,000
Total........6,439,129