NEW YORK | 31 Electoral Votes |
Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, New York State Board of Elections)
New York has: 58 counties (this counts New York City as one county). Largest counties (one million-plus): Kings, Queens, New York, Suffolk, Bronx, Nassau. > Largest cities: New York, Buffalo, Rochester, Yonkers, Syracuse. > ...6.7 million of the 10.8 million active enrolled voters are in the 57 counties outside NYC; 4.1 million are in the 5 boroughs of NYC. Government
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Voting Eligible
Population*: 13,183,464. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 58.0%. |
Total incl. 84,689 Blank, Void, Scattering: 7,721,718 5,080,049 votes (65.8%) were cast in counties outside NYC and 2,641,669 votes (34.2%) were cast in NYC. |
2008
Overview Money and media attracted both major candidates to New York (visits). There were als several joint appearances. On Sept. 11 the two candidates joined for the commemoration at Ground Zero and participated in a ServiceNation forum at Columbia University. On Oct. 15 they participated in the final presidential debate at Hofstra University, and the next evening both were at the Alfred E. Smith dinner at the Waldorf Astoria. Obama easily carried the Empire State, gaining a plurality of 2,051,973 votes (26.87 percentage points). Outside of NYC Obama outpolled McCain by slightly more than half a million votes (2,730,786 to 2,227,984); in NYC Obama won with a plurality of more than 1.5 million votes (2,073,915 to 524,744). Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies, 1 | Nader |
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Democrats 281 Delegates (232 Pledged, 49 Unpledged) and 39 Alternates. 6.94% of the 4,049 Delegate Votes. Official Results
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Republicans 101 Delegates: 3 RNC; 11 at-large; 87 by CD (3 x 29 CDs). 4.24% of the 2,380 Delegates. Allocation: At large and CD delegates are winner-take-all per statewide vote. Huckabee
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Note: New York had an abundance of presidential hopefuls. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) competed for the Democratic nomination until June 2008. > Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) ended his campaign for the Republican nomination on Jan. 30, 2008. > There was abundant speculation that current NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) might run as an Independent candidate; he ruled out a run on Feb. 28, 2008. > Former Gov. George E. Pataki (R) considered a White House bid. > Rev. Al Sharpton (D) was also mentioned a few times as a possible candidate in the pre-campaign period.
Setting the Primary
Date
Leaders in the legislature
acted to move the state's presidential primary from March 4 to February
5 to help home-state candidates Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) and
former
Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R). On March 7, 2007 they introduced S.3544/A.6430,
to move the spring primary (held in presidential years for electing
delegates
to the national conventions) from the first Tuesday in March to the
first
Tuesday in February (the regular primary will still be held on the
first
Tuesday after the second Monday in September).
According to the justification for the Assembly bill, "Numerous states have moved, or are considering moving, their presidential primary to an earlier date. Specifically, other influential states that have similar demographic profiles and similar public-policy issues to New York State`s are contemplating shifting their primaries to February 5. A similar change will give New Yorkers an early voice in the selection of the best presidential candidates for the state and the nation and will reflect New York`s impact on and importance to our nation."
The bill passed both Houses of the State Legislature on March 21, 2007. Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) signed it into law on April 9 stating, “Moving the primary date to February, we will help secure New York’s large and diverse population an influential voice in selecting the 2008 presidential nominees."
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Voting Eligible Population*: 12,738,056. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 58.0%. |
Write Ins: David Cobb (138), Michael Halpin (4), John Joseph Kennedy (8), Michael A. Peroutka (363), Bill Van Auken (4) Total incl. 57,017 Blank, Void, Scattering: 7,448,266 4,988,613 votes
(67.0%) were
cast in counties outside NYC and |
2004
Overview Kerry finished with a plurality of 1,351,713 votes (18.29 percentage points). Outside of NYC
Kerry outpolled
Bush 2,486,265 to 2,375,033. In NYC Kerry won with a plurality of
1.24 million votes (1,828,015 to 587,534).
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General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000 |
Voting Eligible Population*: 12,380,208. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 55.1%. |
Total incl. 138,216 Blank, Void, Scattering: 6,960,215 4,691,713 votes
(67.4%) were
cast in counties outside NYC and |
2000
Overview The presidential outcome was essentially a foregone conclusion. Statewide, Gore's plurality was 1,704,323 votes (24.98 percentage points). Outside New York City Bush carried 36 counties to 21 for Gore; Gore carried all five boroughs in NYC. Outside of NYC Gore outpolled Bush 2,404,333 to 2,004,648. In NYC Gore won with a plurality of about 1.3 million votes (1,703,364 to 398,726). In the really big race, the U.S. Senate campaign, Rick Lazio spent $40.1 million and Hillary Rodham Clinton spent $29.3 million. |
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