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1876–2024
Broome County, New York
Broome County·New York

Broome County delivered a near-tie in 2024.

A former manufacturing hub now splitting nearly even in presidential races

18762024·38 elections
Broome County, New York · Jim Danvers · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
Tied
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
197,378
2024 ACS
Most similar
Kent County
RI · similarity 0.97
125 precincts · 91,034 votes cast
Harris · D+0
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+0.4%
45,14244,76391,034
2020D
+3.5%
47,00243,79192,775
2016R
−2.0%
39,21240,94386,072
2012D
+5.3%
41,97037,64181,565
2008D
+8.0%
47,20440,07788,837
2004D
+3.0%
46,28143,56891,890
2000D
+9.7%
45,38136,94687,084
1996D
+15.1%
44,40731,32786,814
1992D
+8.8%
43,44434,65399,846
1988D
+0.5%
48,13047,61096,365
1984R
−21.3%
37,65858,10996,089
1980R
−2.5%
37,01339,27589,280
1976R
−11.6%
39,82750,34090,658
1972R
−20.0%
37,15455,73693,135
1968R
−10.5%
37,45146,87289,311
1964D
+29.6%
59,02132,04891,139
1960R
−19.0%
38,46256,46794,991
1956R
−48.5%
23,21767,02490,241
1952R
−42.9%
25,83364,73890,717
1948R
−24.6%
25,65443,11070,986
1944R
−17.2%
31,05644,01375,206
1940R
−15.6%
32,09244,01376,284
1936R
−10.7%
29,70836,94567,603
1932R
−17.6%
22,80232,75156,494
1928R
−33.2%
19,56339,86061,092
1924R
−45.4%
9,28928,26241,749
1920R
−43.2%
9,25124,75935,903
1916R
−11.8%
8,90611,44521,456
1912R
−7.8%
6,5337,94918,252
1908R
−21.9%
6,67110,70518,408
1904R
−24.0%
6,48010,85318,230
1900R
−20.9%
6,65210,39717,926
1896R
−31.0%
5,46110,63016,674
1892R
−14.1%
6,0408,25915,773
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
4.5%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
25.4%
Other Christian
5.7%
Methodist
4.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.6%
Mainline Protestant
2.4%
Non-Christian
1.5%
Baptist
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Broome County, anchored by Binghamton, has shifted sharply from its mid-century Democratic base as deindustrialization reshaped its electorate — the 2024 presidential margin of D+0.4 reflects a county genuinely in play.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached thirty points in 1964; the Republican margin reached forty-nine points in 1956. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Broome County's demographics — a population of 197,378, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $62,616 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kent County and Russell County.