United States presidential election in New York, 2016

United States presidential election in New York, 2016

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]

• 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.

New York Democratic primary, 2016

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

Republican primary

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

• Ted Cruz
• John Kasich
• Donald Trump

New York Republican primary, 2016

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

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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

• Hillary Clinton / Tim Kaine

Conservative and Republican parties

• Donald J. Trump / Michael R. Pence

Green party

• Jill Stein / Ajamu Baraka

Independence and Libertarian parties

• Gary Johnson / Bill Weld

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

See also

• Democratic Party presidential debates, 2016
• Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016
• Republican Party presidential debates, 2016
• Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016

References

External links

• RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process
• Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions
• 2016 Presidential primaries, ElectionProjection.com

State results of the 2016 U.S. presidential election
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