2020 United States presidential election in New York

2020 United States presidential election in New York

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Turnout69.7% (Increase 2.4 pp)
 
Nominee Joe Biden Donald Trump
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Working Families Conservative
Home state Delaware Florida
Running mate Kamala Harris Mike Pence
Electoral vote 29 0
Popular vote 5,244,886 3,251,997
Percentage 60.87% 37.74%


President before election

Donald Trump
Republican

Elected President

Joe Biden
Democratic

The 2020 United States presidential election in New York was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated.[1] New York voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris.[2] New York had 29 electoral votes in the Electoral College.[3] Trump announced that Florida would be his home state for this election, rather than New York as it had been previously.[4] This was the first presidential election in New York to allow no-excuse absentee voting.[5]

Despite Donald Trump's longtime association with the state, New York was considered to be a state Biden would win or a safe blue state. Statewide elections in New York are dominated by New York City, the most populated city in the US and a Democratic stronghold home to around 43% of the state's population.[6] Biden's victory came from overwhelming strength with Black and Hispanic voters, especially those from New York City,[7] as well as strong support throughout the state, particularly in suburban areas such as Westchester and Nassau counties, from college-educated, suburban, Hispanic, Asian, and Multiracial voters.

New York voted 19% more Democratic than the national average. This was the first time since 1992 that Orange, Oswego, Washington, Madison, and Warren counties voted for the losing presidential candidate, as well as the first since 1976 that a Democrat won without Cayuga, Cortland, Otsego, Seneca, Franklin, Niagara, and St. Lawrence counties, and the first since 1960 that a Democrat won without Sullivan County.

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  2. ^ "New York Election Results". The New York Times. November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  3. ^ "Distribution of Electoral Votes". National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  4. ^ Choi, Matthew (October 31, 2019). "Trump, a symbol of New York, is officially a Floridian now". Politico. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  5. ^ Ferré-Sadurní, Luis (August 20, 2020). "New York Will Allow Voters to Cast Mail-In Ballots". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  6. ^ "New York Population 2024 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs)". worldpopulationreview.com. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  7. ^ "New York 2020 President exit polls". www.cnn.com. Retrieved November 5, 2022.