New York — 2012 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate2012 presidential electionNew York · PresidentObamaD+28.2
How it voted
Share of the 2012 vote
| Barack Obama ✓Democratic | 63.3% | 4,485,877 |
|---|---|---|
| Mitt RomneyRepublican | 35.2% | 2,490,496 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 1.5% | 105,163 |
2012presidential margin
D+60R+60
62 counties, each filled by 2012 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
New York cast 29 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (62 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Albany County, NY | Democratic | D+31.3 |
| Allegany County, NY | Republican | R+25.1 |
| Bronx County, NY | Democratic | D+83.4 |
| Broome County, NY | Democratic | D+5.3 |
| Cattaraugus County, NY | Republican | R+13.2 |
| Cayuga County, NY | Democratic | D+11.4 |
| Chautauqua County, NY | Republican | R+7.9 |
| Chemung County, NY | Republican | R+2.3 |
| Chenango County, NY | Republican | R+3.1 |
| Clinton County, NY | Democratic | D+25.6 |
| Columbia County, NY | Democratic | D+13.7 |
| Cortland County, NY | Democratic | D+9.1 |
| Delaware County, NY | Republican | R+8.8 |
| Dutchess County, NY | Democratic | D+7.5 |
| Erie County, NY | Democratic | D+16.3 |
| Essex County, NY | Democratic | D+18.8 |
| Franklin County, NY | Democratic | D+26.1 |
| Fulton County, NY | Republican | R+11.1 |
| Genesee County, NY | Republican | R+20.2 |
| Greene County, NY | Republican | R+10.4 |
| Hamilton County, NY | Republican | R+25.8 |
| Herkimer County, NY | Republican | R+8.0 |
| Jefferson County, NY | Republican | R+2.9 |
| Kings County, NY | Democratic | D+65.1 |
| Lewis County, NY | Republican | R+8.8 |
| Livingston County, NY | Republican | R+10.2 |
| Madison County, NY | Democratic | D+0.9 |
| Monroe County, NY | Democratic | D+18.0 |
| Montgomery County, NY | Republican | R+4.6 |
| Nassau County, NY | Democratic | D+7.6 |
| New York County, NY | Democratic | D+68.8 |
| Niagara County, NY | Democratic | D+0.8 |
| Oneida County, NY | Republican | R+4.7 |
| Onondaga County, NY | Democratic | D+21.2 |
| Ontario County, NY | Republican | R+1.5 |
| Orange County, NY | Democratic | D+5.7 |
| Orleans County, NY | Republican | R+19.1 |
| Oswego County, NY | Democratic | D+7.9 |
| Otsego County, NY | Democratic | D+2.7 |
| Putnam County, NY | Republican | R+10.3 |
| Queens County, NY | Democratic | D+59.2 |
| Rensselaer County, NY | Democratic | D+12.2 |
| Richmond County, NY | Democratic | D+2.6 |
| Rockland County, NY | Democratic | D+6.7 |
| Saratoga County, NY | Democratic | D+2.4 |
| Schenectady County, NY | Democratic | D+15.8 |
| Schoharie County, NY | Republican | R+15.4 |
| Schuyler County, NY | Republican | R+7.5 |
| Seneca County, NY | Democratic | D+9.1 |
| St. Lawrence County, NY | Democratic | D+16.7 |
| Steuben County, NY | Republican | R+16.0 |
| Suffolk County, NY | Democratic | D+3.7 |
| Sullivan County, NY | Democratic | D+9.0 |
| Tioga County, NY | Republican | R+14.8 |
| Tompkins County, NY | Democratic | D+40.6 |
| Ulster County, NY | Democratic | D+22.6 |
| Warren County, NY | Democratic | D+2.3 |
| Washington County, NY | Democratic | D+1.9 |
| Wayne County, NY | Republican | R+9.1 |
| Westchester County, NY | Democratic | D+25.1 |
| Wyoming County, NY | Republican | R+28.7 |
| Yates County, NY | Republican | R+3.3 |
New York results by county
62 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany County | Barack Obama+42,492 | 87,55664.5% | 45,06433.2% | 3,1472.3% | 135,767 |
| Allegany County | Mitt Romney+4,251 | 6,13936.2% | 10,39061.3% | 4242.5% | 16,953 |
| Bronx County | Barack Obama+309,244 | 339,21191.4% | 29,9678.1% | 1,7600.5% | 370,938 |
| Broome County | Barack Obama+4,329 | 41,97051.5% | 37,64146.1% | 1,9542.4% | 81,565 |
| Cattaraugus County | Mitt Romney+3,920 | 12,64942.5% | 16,56955.7% | 5491.8% | 29,767 |
| Cayuga County | Barack Obama+3,553 | 17,00754.6% | 13,45443.2% | 7002.2% | 31,161 |
| Chautauqua County | Mitt Romney+4,159 | 23,81245.1% | 27,97152.9% | 1,0692.0% | 52,852 |
| Chemung County | Mitt Romney+815 | 16,79748.0% | 17,61250.3% | 6011.7% | 35,010 |
| Chenango County | Mitt Romney+597 | 9,11647.2% | 9,71350.3% | 4852.5% | 19,314 |
| Clinton County | Barack Obama+7,846 | 18,96161.9% | 11,11536.3% | 5801.9% | 30,656 |
| Columbia County | Barack Obama+3,996 | 16,22155.7% | 12,22542.0% | 6832.3% | 29,129 |
| Cortland County | Barack Obama+1,787 | 10,48253.4% | 8,69544.3% | 4472.3% | 19,624 |
| Delaware County | Mitt Romney+1,634 | 8,30444.6% | 9,93853.3% | 3962.1% | 18,638 |
| Dutchess County | Barack Obama+9,287 | 65,31252.8% | 56,02545.3% | 2,3681.9% | 123,705 |
| Erie County | Barack Obama+67,681 | 237,35657.3% | 169,67541.0% | 7,1641.7% | 414,195 |
| Essex County | Barack Obama+3,137 | 9,78458.5% | 6,64739.8% | 2861.7% | 16,717 |
| Franklin County | Barack Obama+4,154 | 9,89462.1% | 5,74036.0% | 3001.9% | 15,934 |
| Fulton County | Mitt Romney+2,207 | 8,60743.5% | 10,81454.6% | 3781.9% | 19,799 |
| Genesee County | Mitt Romney+5,006 | 9,60138.8% | 14,60759.0% | 5382.2% | 24,746 |
| Greene County | Mitt Romney+2,144 | 9,03043.7% | 11,17454.1% | 4642.2% | 20,668 |
| Hamilton County | Mitt Romney+804 | 1,12836.2% | 1,93262.1% | 531.7% | 3,113 |
| Herkimer County | Mitt Romney+2,009 | 11,27345.0% | 13,28253.0% | 4851.9% | 25,040 |
| Jefferson County | Mitt Romney+1,023 | 17,09947.9% | 18,12250.8% | 4871.4% | 35,708 |
| Kings County | Barack Obama+479,892 | 604,44382.0% | 124,55116.9% | 7,9881.1% | 736,982 |
| Lewis County | Mitt Romney+927 | 4,72444.9% | 5,65153.7% | 1471.4% | 10,522 |
| Livingston County | Mitt Romney+2,743 | 11,70543.7% | 14,44854.0% | 6172.3% | 26,770 |
| Madison County | Barack Obama+249 | 13,87149.4% | 13,62248.5% | 6012.1% | 28,094 |
| Monroe County | Barack Obama+60,139 | 193,50158.0% | 133,36240.0% | 6,9502.1% | 333,813 |
| Montgomery County | Mitt Romney+841 | 8,49346.7% | 9,33451.3% | 3592.0% | 18,186 |
| Nassau County | Barack Obama+43,387 | 302,69553.3% | 259,30845.6% | 6,1481.1% | 568,151 |
| New York County | Barack Obama+413,115 | 502,67483.7% | 89,55914.9% | 8,0581.3% | 600,291 |
| Niagara County | Barack Obama+746 | 43,98649.4% | 43,24048.6% | 1,7872.0% | 89,013 |
| Oneida County | Mitt Romney+4,062 | 40,46846.7% | 44,53051.4% | 1,7022.0% | 86,700 |
| Onondaga County | Barack Obama+43,423 | 122,25459.7% | 78,83138.5% | 3,6321.8% | 204,717 |
| Ontario County | Mitt Romney+733 | 23,08748.2% | 23,82049.8% | 9462.0% | 47,853 |
| Orange County | Barack Obama+7,948 | 73,31552.1% | 65,36746.5% | 1,9461.4% | 140,628 |
| Orleans County | Mitt Romney+2,807 | 5,78739.4% | 8,59458.4% | 3252.2% | 14,706 |
| Oswego County | Barack Obama+3,535 | 23,51552.7% | 19,98044.8% | 1,0962.5% | 44,591 |
| Otsego County | Barack Obama+656 | 12,11750.2% | 11,46147.5% | 5612.3% | 24,139 |
| Putnam County | Mitt Romney+4,571 | 19,51244.0% | 24,08354.3% | 7501.7% | 44,345 |
| Queens County | Barack Obama+352,143 | 470,73279.1% | 118,58919.9% | 5,9241.0% | 595,245 |
| Rensselaer County | Barack Obama+8,295 | 37,40855.0% | 29,11342.8% | 1,5402.3% | 68,061 |
| Richmond County | Barack Obama+3,958 | 78,18150.7% | 74,22348.1% | 1,7761.2% | 154,180 |
| Rockland County | Barack Obama+8,365 | 65,79352.8% | 57,42846.1% | 1,4241.1% | 124,645 |
| Saratoga County | Barack Obama+2,575 | 52,95750.2% | 50,38247.8% | 2,1712.1% | 105,510 |
| Schenectady County | Barack Obama+10,276 | 36,84456.7% | 26,56840.9% | 1,5212.3% | 64,933 |
| Schoharie County | Mitt Romney+2,040 | 5,42741.1% | 7,46756.5% | 3132.4% | 13,207 |
| Schuyler County | Mitt Romney+607 | 3,67445.1% | 4,28152.6% | 1912.3% | 8,146 |
| Seneca County | Barack Obama+1,205 | 7,09453.5% | 5,88944.4% | 2832.1% | 13,266 |
| St. Lawrence County | Barack Obama+6,215 | 21,35357.4% | 15,13840.7% | 7001.9% | 37,191 |
| Steuben County | Mitt Romney+6,167 | 15,78741.0% | 21,95457.0% | 7902.1% | 38,531 |
| Suffolk County | Barack Obama+21,948 | 304,07951.2% | 282,13147.5% | 8,0561.4% | 594,266 |
| Sullivan County | Barack Obama+2,563 | 15,26853.7% | 12,70544.7% | 4421.6% | 28,415 |
| Tioga County | Mitt Romney+3,187 | 8,93041.4% | 12,11756.1% | 5422.5% | 21,589 |
| Tompkins County | Barack Obama+16,137 | 27,24468.5% | 11,10727.9% | 1,4303.6% | 39,781 |
| Ulster County | Barack Obama+17,993 | 47,75260.0% | 29,75937.4% | 2,1152.7% | 79,626 |
| Warren County | Barack Obama+687 | 14,80650.1% | 14,11947.7% | 6532.2% | 29,578 |
| Washington County | Barack Obama+438 | 11,52349.9% | 11,08548.0% | 4872.1% | 23,095 |
| Wayne County | Mitt Romney+3,425 | 16,63544.3% | 20,06053.4% | 8522.3% | 37,547 |
| Westchester County | Barack Obama+97,663 | 240,78562.0% | 143,12236.8% | 4,5401.2% | 388,447 |
| Wyoming County | Mitt Romney+4,687 | 5,66134.7% | 10,34863.3% | 3262.0% | 16,335 |
| Yates County | Mitt Romney+310 | 4,48847.5% | 4,79850.8% | 1561.7% | 9,442 |
Nominees: Barack Obama (D) · Mitt Romney (R)
New York's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 2012 contest in context
| 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 | +12.6% |
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Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2012 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.