Bill Clinton carried New York D+28.9.

Bill Clinton (D) vs Bob Dole (R) in New York, 1996. The state ran 20.3 points more Democratic than the nation (D+8.5 nationally).

Nominees: Bill Clinton (D) · Bob Dole (R) · Ross Perot (Reform)

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New York result

6,316,129 votes counted

Clinton (D)

3,756,177

59.5%

Dole (R)

1,933,492

30.6%

Perot (I)

503,458

8.0%

All others

123,002

1.9%

Margin

D+28.9

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1996 presidential election

New York, 1996

ClintonD+28.9

How it voted

Share of the 1996 vote

Bill Clinton ✓Democratic	59.5%	3,756,177
Bob DoleRepublican	30.6%	1,933,492
OtherAll other candidates	1.9%	123,002

D+60

R+60

62 counties, each filled by 1996 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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New York's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1996 contest in context

New York's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+3.4%
1896	−18.9%
1900	−9.3%
1904	−10.9%
1908	−12.4%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−7.0%
1920	−37.6%
1924	−26.6%
1928	−2.3%
1932	+12.7%
1936	+19.9%
1940	+3.6%
1944	+5.0%
1948	−1.0%
1952	−11.9%
1956	−22.4%
1960	+5.3%
1964	+37.3%
1968	+5.5%
1972	−17.3%
1976	+4.4%
1980	−2.7%
1984	−8.0%
1988	+4.1%
1992	+15.8%
1996	+28.9%
2000	+25.0%
2004	+18.3%
2008	+26.9%
2012	+28.2%
2016	+22.5%
2020	+23.1%
2024	+12.5%

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County results — 1996

62 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Perot	Total
Albany County	D	+32.8%	85,993	39,785	11,957	140,991
Allegany County	R	−8.4%	6,621	8,107	2,730	17,703
Bronx County	D	+75.3%	248,276	30,435	7,186	289,350
Broome County	D	+15.1%	44,407	31,327	9,114	86,814
Cattaraugus County	D	+0.2%	13,029	12,971	5,151	31,643
Cayuga County	D	+15.0%	15,879	11,093	4,420	31,894
Chautauqua County	D	+9.9%	26,831	21,261	7,484	56,290
Chemung County	D	+7.5%	16,977	14,287	3,967	35,813
Chenango County	D	+7.7%	8,797	7,319	2,822	19,279
Clinton County	D	+19.4%	15,386	9,759	3,488	29,060
Columbia County	D	+9.4%	12,910	10,324	3,466	27,403
Cortland County	D	+7.8%	9,130	7,606	2,398	19,449
Delaware County	D	+5.4%	8,724	7,684	2,601	19,394
Dutchess County	D	+5.2%	47,339	41,929	12,294	103,821
Erie County	D	+22.5%	224,554	132,343	45,679	410,234
Essex County	D	+8.9%	7,893	6,379	2,363	16,986
Franklin County	D	+20.9%	8,494	5,072	2,499	16,394
Fulton County	D	+9.0%	9,779	7,881	3,214	21,130
Genesee County	R	−3.1%	10,074	10,821	2,996	24,238
Greene County	R	−2.3%	8,251	8,712	2,790	20,124
Hamilton County	R	−17.0%	1,228	1,841	492	3,612
Herkimer County	D	+6.9%	11,910	10,085	4,235	26,626
Jefferson County	D	+13.0%	16,783	12,362	4,561	34,127
Kings County	D	+65.0%	432,232	81,406	15,031	539,833
Lewis County	D	+4.3%	4,402	3,965	1,669	10,185
Livingston County	R	−0.4%	10,868	10,981	2,889	25,138
Madison County	D	+1.9%	11,832	11,324	3,379	26,988
Monroe County	D	+15.9%	164,858	115,694	23,936	309,994
Montgomery County	D	+15.7%	10,485	7,172	3,253	21,166
Nassau County	D	+19.6%	303,587	196,820	36,122	544,664
New York County	D	+66.2%	394,131	67,839	11,144	492,899
Niagara County	D	+14.3%	44,203	31,438	12,564	89,444
Oneida County	D	+6.7%	44,399	37,996	11,296	94,929
Onondaga County	D	+13.6%	100,190	73,771	17,602	194,939
Ontario County	D	+4.6%	19,156	17,237	4,391	41,439
Orange County	D	+7.9%	54,995	45,956	11,778	114,538
Orleans County	R	−4.1%	6,233	6,865	1,986	15,268
Oswego County	D	+7.2%	20,440	17,159	7,499	45,673
Otsego County	D	+11.2%	11,470	8,774	3,217	24,126
Putnam County	R	−3.3%	16,173	17,452	4,032	38,432
Queens County	D	+51.9%	372,925	107,650	22,288	511,296
Rensselaer County	D	+16.0%	34,273	23,482	8,405	67,625
Richmond County	D	+9.7%	64,684	52,207	8,968	128,007
Rockland County	D	+20.3%	63,127	40,395	6,798	112,241
Saratoga County	D	+6.4%	39,832	34,337	10,141	85,665
Schenectady County	D	+19.9%	35,404	22,106	7,865	66,709
Schoharie County	D	+4.1%	5,902	5,353	1,796	13,261
Schuyler County	D	+2.2%	3,303	3,134	1,037	7,635
Seneca County	D	+13.0%	6,825	5,004	1,889	13,955
St. Lawrence County	D	+28.5%	21,798	10,827	5,309	38,477
Steuben County	R	−8.5%	14,481	17,710	5,496	38,171
Suffolk County	D	+15.7%	261,828	182,510	52,209	505,213
Sullivan County	D	+20.3%	15,052	9,321	3,453	28,244
Tioga County	R	−3.0%	8,769	9,416	2,721	21,282
Tompkins County	D	+24.9%	20,772	11,532	2,623	37,124
Ulster County	D	+13.1%	35,852	26,212	9,246	73,851
Warren County	D	+1.7%	11,603	11,152	3,623	26,791
Washington County	D	+2.7%	9,572	8,954	3,648	22,544
Wayne County	R	−1.9%	15,145	15,837	4,619	35,997
Westchester County	D	+21.0%	196,310	123,719	18,028	344,863
Wyoming County	R	−11.0%	5,735	7,477	2,411	15,821
Yates County	D	+1.5%	4,066	3,925	1,190	9,327