Politics of New York (state)

The State of New York is a blue state, or a state where Democratic Party candidates typically win elections.[1] As of 2025, there are more than twice as many enrolled Democratic voters as there are enrolled Republican voters in New York.[2] Democratic candidates prevailed in New York in every presidential election from 1988 to 2024.[3][4] As of 2025, no Republican candidate had won a statewide election in New York since George Pataki was re-elected governor in 2002.[5]

As of 2026, Democrat Kathy Hochul is the governor of New York; she has served in that capacity since 2021.[6] Democrat Antonio Delgado has served as lieutenant governor since 2022,[7] Democrat Letitia James has served as New York attorney general since 2019,[8] and Democrat Tom DiNapoli has served as New York state comptroller since 2007.[9] New York's two U.S. senators are Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (a Democrat serving as a U.S. senator from New York since 1999)[10] and Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand (serving since 2009).[11] New York is represented by 19 Democrats and seven Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives.[12][13] The New York State Senate has been led by the Democratic Party since 2019,[14][15] while the New York State Assembly has been led by the Democrats since 1975.[16][17][18]

The State of New York has the distinction of having been the home state for both major-party nominees in three presidential elections. The 1904 presidential election saw former New York Governor and incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt face Alton B. Parker, chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals. The 1944 presidential election had Franklin D. Roosevelt, following in his cousin Theodore's footsteps as former New York Governor and incumbent president running for re-election against the then-incumbent New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey. In the 2016 presidential election, former United States Senator from New York Hillary Clinton, a resident of Chappaqua, was the Democratic Party nominee. The Republican Party nominee was businessman Donald Trump, a resident of Manhattan and a native of Queens.[19]

This page contains party enrollment data as well as certain gubernatorial and presidential election results from New York's history.

Party enrollment

New York party enrollment data as of February 20, 2025:[20]
Party % Total voters Total
Active Inactive
Democratic 47.90 5,896,984 403,434 6,300,418
Republican 22.63 2,845,295 131,446 2,976,741
Conservative 1.27 160,125 7,107 167,232
Working Families 0.44 55,804 2,989 58,793
Minor parties 2.72 336,758 21,480 358,238
Unaffiliated 25.03 3,108,039 184,092 3,292,131
Total 100% 12,403,005 750,548 13,153,553

Presidential and gubernatorial election results

United States presidential election results for New York[21]
Year Republican / Whig Democratic Third party(ies)
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2024 3,579,519 43.10% 4,619,543 55.62% 105,827 1.27%
2020 3,251,997 37.67% 5,244,886 60.76% 135,372 1.57%
2016 2,819,557 36.51% 4,556,142 59.00% 346,096 4.48%
2012 2,490,496 35.17% 4,485,877 63.35% 105,163 1.49%
2008 2,752,771 36.03% 4,804,945 62.88% 83,232 1.09%
2004 2,962,567 40.08% 4,314,280 58.36% 115,107 1.56%
2000 2,405,676 35.22% 4,113,791 60.22% 311,711 4.56%
1996 1,933,492 30.61% 3,756,177 59.47% 626,460 9.92%
1992 2,346,649 33.88% 3,444,450 49.73% 1,135,826 16.40%
1988 3,081,871 47.52% 3,347,882 51.62% 55,930 0.86%
1984 3,664,763 53.84% 3,119,609 45.83% 22,438 0.33%
1980 2,893,831 46.66% 2,728,372 43.99% 579,756 9.35%
1976 3,100,791 47.45% 3,389,558 51.87% 44,071 0.67%
1972 4,192,778 58.54% 2,951,084 41.21% 17,968 0.25%
1968 3,007,932 44.30% 3,378,470 49.76% 403,664 5.94%
1964 2,243,559 31.31% 4,913,156 68.56% 9,300 0.13%
1960 3,446,419 47.27% 3,830,085 52.53% 14,575 0.20%
1956 4,340,340 61.19% 2,750,769 38.78% 2,227 0.03%
1952 3,952,815 55.45% 3,104,601 43.55% 70,825 0.99%
1948 2,841,163 45.98% 2,780,204 45.00% 557,135 9.02%
1944 2,987,647 47.30% 3,304,238 52.31% 24,932 0.39%
1940 3,027,478 47.95% 3,251,918 51.50% 34,501 0.55%
1936 2,180,670 38.97% 3,293,222 58.85% 122,506 2.19%
1932 1,937,963 41.33% 2,534,959 54.07% 215,692 4.60%
1928 2,193,344 49.79% 2,089,863 47.44% 122,419 2.78%
1924 1,820,058 55.76% 950,796 29.13% 493,085 15.11%
1920 1,871,167 64.56% 781,238 26.95% 246,108 8.49%
1916 879,238 51.53% 759,426 44.51% 67,641 3.96%
1912 455,487 28.68% 655,573 41.27% 477,255 30.05%
1908 870,070 53.11% 667,468 40.74% 100,812 6.15%
1904 859,533 53.13% 683,981 42.28% 74,256 4.59%
1900 822,013 53.10% 678,462 43.83% 47,567 3.07%
1896 819,838 57.58% 551,369 38.72% 52,669 3.70%
1892 609,350 45.58% 654,868 48.99% 72,575 5.43%
1888 650,338 49.28% 635,965 48.19% 33,445 2.53%
1884 562,005 48.15% 563,154 48.25% 42,010 3.60%
1880 555,544 50.32% 534,511 48.42% 13,890 1.26%
1876 489,207 48.17% 521,949 51.40% 4,347 0.43%
1872 440,738 53.23% 387,282 46.77% 0 0.00%
1868 419,888 49.41% 429,883 50.59% 0 0.00%
1864 368,735 50.46% 361,986 49.54% 0 0.00%
1860 362,646 53.71% 312,510 46.29% 0 0.00%
1856 276,004 46.27% 195,878 32.84% 124,604 20.89%
1852 234,882 44.97% 262,083 50.18% 25,329 4.85%
1848 218,583 47.94% 114,319 25.07% 123,042 26.99%
1844 232,482 47.85% 237,588 48.90% 15,812 3.25%
1840 226,001 51.18% 212,733 48.18% 2,809 0.64%
1836 138,548 45.37% 166,795 54.63% 0 0.00%
1832 154,896 47.90% 168,497 52.10% 0 0.00%
1828 131,563 48.55% 139,412 51.45% 0 0.00%
Gubernatorial election results[22]
Year Democratic Republican
1950 42.3% 2,246,855 53.1% 2,819,523
1954 49.6% 2,560,738 49.4% 2,549,613
1958 44.7% 2,553,895 54.7% 3,126,929
1962 44.0% 2,552,418 53.1% 3,081,587
1966 38.1% 2,298,363 44.6% 2,690,626
1970 40.3% 2,421,426 52.4% 3,151,432
1974 57.2% 3,028,503 41.9% 2,219,667
1978 51.0% 2,429,272 45.2% 2,156,404
1982 50.9% 2,675,213 47.5% 2,494,827
1986 64.6% 2,775,045 31.8% 1,363,968
1990 53.2% 2,157,087 21.4% 865,948
1994 45.5% 2,364,906 48.8% 2,538,702
1998 33.2% 1,570,317 54.3% 2,571,991
2002 33.5% 1,534,064 49.4% 2,262,255
2006 69.6% 3,086,709 28.7% 1,274,335
2010 62.5% 2,910,876 33.2% 1,547,857
2014 54.2% 2,069,480 40.2% 1,537,077
2018 59.6% 3,635,340 36.2% 2,207,602
2022 52.4% 3,031,801 46.7% 2,705,908

























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