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Presidential election in New York, 2020

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New York
2020 presidential election

Democratic primary: June 23, 2020
Democratic winner: Joe Biden

Republican primary: Canceled

Electoral College: 29 votes
2020 winner: Joe Biden (D)
2016 winner: Hillary Clinton (D)
2012 winner: Barack Obama (D)

Presidential election by state, 2020

Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) won the presidential election in New York on November 3, 2020. Biden won the presidential election with 306 electoral votes to President Donald Trump's (R) 232 electoral votes.

Biden won the Democratic primary in New York on June 23, 2020.[1] The Republican primary was canceled on March 3, 2020, when no candidate other than Trump qualified to appear on the ballot.[2]

New York has 29 votes in the Electoral College, making it tied with Florida for the third-most votes. Unlike Florida, which backed the national winner in every election between 2000 and 2016, New York has been carried by Democratic candidates in recent election cycles. The last Republican to carry New York was Ronald Reagan (R) in 1984.[3] Between 1900 and 2016, New York backed the Democratic candidate in 56.67% of presidential elections and the Republican candidate in 43.33%.

The 2016 election featured two home-state candidates at the top of the ticket. Hillary Clinton (D) carried New York with 59% of the vote to Trump's 36.5%.

This page includes the following sections:

Candidates and election results

General election


Presidential election in New York, 2020
 
Candidate/Running mate
%
Popular votes
Electoral votes
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Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D)
 
60.9
 
5,244,886 29
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Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R)
 
37.7
 
3,251,997 0
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Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L)
 
0.7
 
60,383 0
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Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker (G)
 
0.4
 
32,832 0
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Brock Pierce/Karla Ballard (Independence Party)
 
0.3
 
22,656 0
  Other write-in votes
 
0.0
 
4,107 0

Incumbents are bolded and underlined The results have been certified.

Total votes: 8,616,861



  • Donald Trump also appeared on the ballot as a Conservative Party candidate.
  • Joe Biden also appeared on the ballot as a Working Families Party candidate.

Primary election

New York Democratic presidential primary on June 23, 2020
 
Candidate
%
Votes
Pledged delegates
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Joe Biden
 
67.7
 
517,745 231
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Bernie Sanders
 
18.9
 
144,690 43
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Elizabeth Warren
 
4.4
 
33,450 0
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Michael Bloomberg
 
3.5
 
26,439 0
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Andrew Yang
 
1.7
 
12,712 0
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Pete Buttigieg
 
1.5
 
11,802 0
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Tulsi Gabbard
 
0.8
 
6,008 0
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Amy Klobuchar
 
0.8
 
5,937 0
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Deval Patrick
 
0.3
 
2,227 0
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Michael Bennet
 
0.3
 
2,132 0
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Thomas Steyer
 
0.2
 
1,439 0

100% of precincts reporting

Total votes: 764,581 • Total pledged delegates: 274


Government response to coronavirus pandemic in New York

Summary of changes to election dates and procedures

New York modified its absentee/mail-in voting and candidate filing procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

  • Absentee/mail-in voting: Absentee voting eligibility in the general election was extended to any voter who was "unable to appear personally at the polling place of the election district in which they are a qualified voter because there is a risk of contracting or spreading a disease causing illness to the voter or to other members of the public." The state launched an absentee ballot request portal.
  • Candidate filing procedures: The filing deadline for independent nominating petitions was extended to July 30, 2020.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.

Frequently asked questions

See also: Ballotpedia's 2020 Election Help Desk: Presidential election

The 2020 election took place against a backdrop of uncertainty. Our readers had questions about what to expect in elections at all levels of government, from the casting of ballots to the certification of final results. Ballotpedia's 2020 Election Help Desk was designed to answer those questions. Ballotpedia is in the process of compiling and answering frequently asked questions related to the 2020 elections. Questions related to this election will be available soon.


Additional resources

Democratic primary

See also: Democratic presidential nomination, 2020
HIGHLIGHTS
  • New York held its Democratic primary election on June 23, 2020.
  • A judge ordered the New York State Board of Elections to reinstate the June 23 Democratic primary, which state officials had canceled. The primary was originally scheduled for April 28 but was postponed in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
  • New York had an estimated 324 delegates comprised of 274 pledged delegates and 50 superdelegates. Delegate allocation was proportional.
  • The Democratic primary was closed, meaning only registered Democrats were able to vote in the election.

    • Reinstating Democratic primary

    On May 5, 2020, Judge Analisa Torres of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ordered the New York State Board of Elections to reinstate New York's June 23 Democratic presidential preference primary, which state officials had canceled on April 27.[4][5] The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the district court's decision on May 19.[6] The primary was originally scheduled for April 28, 2020, but was postponed in response to the coronavirus pandemic.[7]

    Disqualified ballots in New York City

    The New York City Board of Elections reported that of the 403,103 mail-in ballots received in the June 23 Democratic presidential primary, 318,995 mail-in ballots—or 21 percent of the total—were not counted or invalidated. One in four were disqualified due to arriving late or missing key elements, such as no postmark or voter's signature.[8]

    Democratic nomination overview

    Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) was formally nominated as the Democratic presidential nominee at the 2020 Democratic National Convention on August 18, 2020.[9] The convention was originally scheduled to take place July 13-16, 2020.[10] Organizers postponed the event in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

    Prior to the national convention, individual state caucuses and primaries were held to allocate convention delegates. These delegates vote at the convention to select the nominee. In 2020, a Democratic presidential candidate needed support from 1,991 delegates to secure the nomination.

    With the plurality of pledged delegates, Biden became the presumptive Democratic nominee on April 8, 2020, after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) suspended his presidential campaign.[11] Biden crossed the delegate threshold necessary to win the nomination on June 5, 2020.[12]

    Biden announced U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D) as his running mate on August 11, 2020. Harris is the first Black woman to appear on a major party's ticket in the United States.[13]

    Republican primary

    See also: Republican presidential nomination, 2020
    HIGHLIGHTS
  • The Republican primary in New York was canceled on March 3, 2020, when no candidate other than President Donald Trump qualified to appear on the ballot.[2]
  • New York had an estimated 95 delegates. Delegate allocation was hybrid.


    • The Republican Party selected President Donald Trump as its presidential nominee at the 2020 Republican National Convention, which was held from August 24-27, 2020.[14]

    Prior to the national convention, individual state caucuses and primaries were held to allocate convention delegates. These delegates vote at the convention to select the nominee. Trump crossed the delegate threshold necessary to win the nomination—1,276 delegates—on March 17, 2020.

    George H.W. Bush (R) was the last incumbent to face a serious primary challenge, defeating political commentator Pat Buchanan in 1992. He was also the last president to lose his re-election campaign. Franklin Pierce (D) was the first and only elected president to lose his party's nomination in 1856.[15]

    Sixteen U.S. presidents—approximately one-third—have won two consecutive elections.


    Candidate filing requirements

    See also: Ballot access requirements for presidential candidates in New York

    The tables below detail filing requirements for presidential candidates in New York in the 2020 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in New York, click here.

    Presidential primary candidates

    Filing requirements for presidential primary candidates in New York, 2020
    State Party Signatures required Signature formula Filing fee Filing fee formula Filing deadline Source
    New York Qualified parties 5,000 Fixed by statute N/A N/A 2/6/2020 Source

    Independent presidential candidates

    Filing requirements for independent candidates in New York, 2020
    State Signatures required Signature formula Filing fee Filing fee formula Filing deadline Source
    New York 45,000 500 signatures (or 1% of enrolled voters, whichever is less) from at least one-half of the state's congressional districts N/A N/A 7/30/2020 Source

    Historical election results

    2016

    General election

    U.S. presidential election, New York, 2016
    Party Candidate Vote % Votes Electoral votes
         Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngHillary Clinton/Tim Kaine 59% 4,556,124 29
         Republican Donald Trump/Mike Pence 36.5% 2,819,534 0
         Green Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka 1.4% 107,934 0
         Libertarian Gary Johnson/Bill Weld 2.3% 176,598 0
         - Write-in votes/Other 0.8% 61,263 0
    Total Votes 7,721,453 29
    Election results via: Federal Election Commission

    Primary election

    New York Democratic Primary, 2016
    Candidate Vote % Votes Delegates
    Green check mark transparent.pngHillary Clinton 57.5% 1,133,980 139
    Bernie Sanders 41.6% 820,256 108
    Blank or void 0.8% 16,664 0
    Totals 1,970,900 247
    Source: The New York Times and New York State Board of Elections


    New York Republican Primary, 2016
    Candidate Vote % Votes Delegates
    Green check mark transparent.pngDonald Trump 59.2% 554,522 89
    John Kasich 24.7% 231,166 6
    Ted Cruz 14.5% 136,083 0
    Blank or void 1.6% 14,756 0
    Totals 936,527 95
    Source: The New York Times and New York State Board of Elections

    2012

    U.S. presidential election, New York, 2012
    Party Candidate Vote % Votes Electoral votes
         Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngBarack Obama/Joe Biden Incumbent 63.4% 4,485,877 29
         Republican Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan 35.2% 2,490,496 0
         Libertarian Gary Johnson/Jim Gray 0.7% 47,256 0
         Green Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala 0.6% 39,984 0
         N/A Write-ins 0.1% 9,270 0
    Total Votes 7,072,883 29
    Election results via: U.S. Election Atlas

    Other candidates that appeared on the ballot received less than 0.1% of the vote. Those candidates included Virgil Goode, Peta Lindsay, Ross Anderson, Thomas Hoefling, James Harris, Jerry White, Jill Ann Reed, and Merlin Miller.[16]

    2008

    U.S. presidential election, New York, 2008
    Party Candidate Vote % Votes Electoral votes
         Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngBarack Obama/Joe Biden 63% 4,804,945 31
         Republican John McCain/Sarah Palin 36.1% 2,752,771 0
         Populist Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez 0.5% 41,249 0
         Libertarian Bob Barr/Wayne Allyn Root 0.3% 19,596 0
         Green Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente 0.2% 12,801 0
    Total Votes 7,631,362 31
    Election results via: U.S. Election Atlas

    Other candidates that appeared on the ballot received less than 0.1% of the vote. Those candidates included Roger Calero, various write-ins, Gloria LaRiva, Chuck Baldwin, Ron Paul, Alan Keyes, Brian Moore, and Jonathan Allen.[17]

    Presidential statewide margins of victory of 5 percentage points or fewer, 1948-2016

    See also: Presidential statewide margins of victory of 5 percentage points or fewer, 1948-2016

    The following map shows the number of times, in presidential elections held between 1948 and 2016, that the margin of victory was 5 percentage points or fewer in each state.

    • Wisconsin was the state with the most frequently narrow margins during this time period, appearing on the list in 10 presidential elections.
    • Five states appeared eight times: Florida, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
    • The state with the narrowest margin of victory was Florida in 2000 at 537 votes or one-hundredth of a percentage point.

    Historical election trends

    See also: Presidential voting history by state

    New York presidential election results (1900-2024)

    • 19 Democratic wins
    • 13 Republican wins
    Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
    Winning Party R R R D R R R R D D D D R R R D D D R D R R D D D D D D D D D D


    See also: Presidential election accuracy

    Below is an analysis of New York's voting record in presidential elections. The state's accuracy is based on the number of times a state has voted for a winning presidential candidate. The majority of statistical data is from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration and was compiled, here, by Ballotpedia, unless otherwise noted.

    Presidential election voting record in New York, 1900-2016

    Between 1900 and 2016:

    • New York participated in 30 presidential elections.
    • New York voted for the winning presidential candidate 76.67 percent of the time. The average accuracy of voting for winning presidential candidates for all 50 states in this time frame was 72.31 percent.[18]
    • New York voted Democratic 56.67 percent of the time and Republican 43.33 percent of the time.

    Presidential election voting record in New York, 2000-2016

    *An asterisk indicates that that candidate also won the national electoral vote in that election.

    State profile

    See also: New York and New York elections, 2019
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    Partisan data

    The information in this section was current as of May 7, 2019

    Presidential voting pattern

    Congressional delegation

    State executives

    State legislature

    New York Party Control: 1992-2025
    Nine years of Democratic trifectas  •  No Republican trifectas
    Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

    Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
    Governor D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
    Senate R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R D D R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D
    Assembly D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D

    New York quick stats
    More New York coverage on Ballotpedia:


    Demographic data for New York
     New YorkU.S.
    Total population:19,747,183316,515,021
    Land area (sq mi):47,1263,531,905
    Race and ethnicity**
    White:64.6%73.6%
    Black/African American:15.6%12.6%
    Asian:8%5.1%
    Native American:0.4%0.8%
    Pacific Islander:0%0.2%
    Two or more:2.9%3%
    Hispanic/Latino:18.4%17.1%
    Education
    High school graduation rate:85.6%86.7%
    College graduation rate:34.2%29.8%
    Income
    Median household income:$59,269$53,889
    Persons below poverty level:18.5%11.3%
    Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
    Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in New York.
    **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


    Presidential election by state

    See also: Presidential election by state, 2020

    Click on a state below to navigate to information about the presidential election in that jurisdiction.

    https://ballotpedia.org/Presidential_election_in_STATE,_2020

    See also

    Footnotes

    1. ↑ New York Times, "New York State Primary Election Results 2020," June 23, 2020
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Politico, "New York cancels Republican presidential primary," March 3, 2020
    3. ↑ 270 to Win, "New York," accessed June 18, 2019
    4. ↑ United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, "Yang v. Kellner: Opinion and Order," May 5, 2020
    5. ↑ The New York Times, "New York Board of Elections Cancels Democratic Presidential Primary," April 27, 2020
    6. ↑ United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, "Yang v. Kosinski: Summary Order," May 19, 2020
    7. ↑ Politico, "Cuomo delays presidential primary to June amid coronavirus pandemic," March 28, 2020
    8. ↑ New York Post, "Over 80,000 mail-in ballots disqualified in NYC primary mess," August 5, 2020
    9. ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "2020 DNC in Milwaukee pushed back to week of August 17 in response to coronavirus pandemic," April 2, 2020
    10. ↑ The New York Times, "Milwaukee Picked as Site of 2020 Democratic National Convention," March 11, 2019
    11. ↑ Talking Points Memo, "Bernie Sanders Ends 2020 Bid, Making Biden Presumptive Dem Nominee," April 8, 2020
    12. ↑ AP, "Biden formally clinches Democratic presidential nomination," June 5, 2020
    13. ↑ CNBC, "Joe Biden picks Sen. Kamala Harris to be his vice presidential running mate, making her the first black woman on a major ticket," August 11, 2020
    14. ↑ Charlotte Observer, "Here’s when the 2020 Republican National Convention will be in Charlotte," October 1, 2018
    15. ↑ NPR, "When Has A President Been Denied His Party's Nomination?" July 22, 2009
    16. ↑ U.S. Election Atlas, "2012 Presidential Election Results," accessed December 29, 2014
    17. ↑ U.S. Election Atlas, "2008 Presidential Election Results," accessed December 29, 2014
    18. ↑ This average includes states like Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, which did not participate in all 30 presidential elections between 1900 and 2016. It does not include Washington, D.C., which cast votes for president for the first time in 1964, or Alaska and Hawaii, which cast votes for president for the first time in 1960.
    19. ↑ This number refers to the number of times that the state voted for the winning presidential candidate between 2000 and 2016.
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