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New York 2000 vs 2012: county swing

17 of 62 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 11 changed hands.

Allegany County: swing D+2.1Columbia County: swing D+12.5Genesee County: swing R+3.8Herkimer County: swing R+1.1Montgomery County: swing R+7.0Ontario County: swing D+7.4Rensselaer County: swing D+4.5Schoharie County: swing R+0.2Tompkins County: swing D+19.6Wyoming County: swing R+1.2Yates County: swing D+12.7Broome County: swing R+4.4Cayuga County: swing D+5.4Chautauqua County: swing R+4.4Clinton County: swing D+18.1Dutchess County: swing D+7.7Franklin County: swing D+19.2Fulton County: swing R+1.4Greene County: swing D+3.1Hamilton County: swing D+8.7Jefferson County: swing D+1.0Livingston County: swing D+7.2Monroe County: swing D+11.6Nassau County: swing R+11.8Niagara County: swing R+6.5Orange County: swing D+9.3Orleans County: swing D+1.2Oswego County: swing D+8.8Queens County: swing D+6.3Rockland County: swing R+10.6St. Lawrence County: swing D+4.4Schenectady County: swing D+4.6Seneca County: swing D+8.4Suffolk County: swing R+7.7Tioga County: swing R+1.1Wayne County: swing D+8.3Chenango County: swing D+1.4Essex County: swing D+23.8Lewis County: swing D+7.4Oneida County: swing R+0.9Otsego County: swing D+5.8Saratoga County: swing D+5.8Steuben County: swing D+7.7Warren County: swing D+12.2Albany County: swing D+4.5Bronx County: swing D+8.9Chemung County: swing D+1.3Cortland County: swing D+9.9Delaware County: swing D+2.2Erie County: swing R+2.6Kings County: swing D+0.3Madison County: swing D+11.0New York County: swing D+3.3Onondaga County: swing D+8.3Putnam County: swing R+2.4Richmond County: swing R+4.3Schuyler County: swing D+5.7Sullivan County: swing D+3.2Ulster County: swing D+16.7Washington County: swing D+14.5Westchester County: swing D+4.1Cattaraugus County: swing D+0.7
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002012SwingVotes 2000Votes 2012
Nassau County D+19.4 D+7.6 R+11.8 589,707 567,474
Rockland County D+17.2 D+6.6 R+10.6 122,580 124,275
Suffolk County D+11.4 D+3.7 R+7.7 573,866 593,354
Montgomery County flipped D+2.4 R+4.6 R+7.0 20,809 18,128
Niagara County D+7.3 D+0.8 R+6.5 93,257 88,780
Broome County D+9.7 D+5.3 R+4.4 87,063 81,376
Chautauqua County R+3.5 R+7.9 R+4.4 58,720 52,686
Richmond County D+6.9 D+2.6 R+4.3 142,121 153,958
Genesee County R+16.4 R+20.2 R+3.8 26,069 24,738
Erie County D+18.9 D+16.3 R+2.6 424,654 414,195
Putnam County R+7.9 R+10.3 R+2.4 42,547 44,248
Fulton County R+9.8 R+11.2 R+1.4 21,671 19,746
Wyoming County R+27.6 R+28.8 R+1.2 17,627 16,301
Herkimer County R+7.0 R+8.1 R+1.1 27,705 25,035
Tioga County R+13.7 R+14.8 R+1.1 22,454 21,523
Oneida County R+3.8 R+4.7 R+0.9 95,996 86,504
Schoharie County R+15.3 R+15.5 R+0.2 13,548 13,158
Kings County D+64.9 D+65.2 D+0.3 617,105 736,472
Cattaraugus County R+13.9 R+13.2 D+0.7 33,733 29,767
Jefferson County R+3.9 R+2.9 D+1.0 36,418 35,708
Orleans County R+20.3 R+19.1 D+1.2 15,843 14,667
Chemung County R+3.6 R+2.3 D+1.3 37,710 34,947
Chenango County R+4.5 R+3.1 D+1.4 20,250 19,256
Allegany County R+27.3 R+25.2 D+2.1 18,689 16,895
Delaware County R+10.9 R+8.7 D+2.2 20,175 18,638
Greene County R+13.5 R+10.4 D+3.1 21,094 20,649
Sullivan County D+5.8 D+9.0 D+3.2 28,524 28,413
New York County D+65.6 D+68.9 D+3.3 563,232 599,682
Westchester County D+21.1 D+25.2 D+4.1 371,775 387,886
St. Lawrence County D+12.4 D+16.8 D+4.4 39,779 37,067
Albany County D+26.8 D+31.3 D+4.5 141,969 135,435
Rensselaer County D+7.7 D+12.2 D+4.5 68,436 67,990
Schenectady County D+11.3 D+15.9 D+4.6 66,946 64,768
Cayuga County D+6.0 D+11.4 D+5.4 33,978 31,081
Schuyler County R+13.2 R+7.5 D+5.7 8,153 8,130
Otsego County flipped R+3.0 D+2.8 D+5.8 25,358 24,064
Saratoga County flipped R+3.4 D+2.4 D+5.8 95,057 105,276
Queens County D+53.0 D+59.3 D+6.3 555,930 594,615
Livingston County R+17.5 R+10.3 D+7.2 27,223 26,704
Lewis County R+16.2 R+8.8 D+7.4 10,923 10,522
Ontario County R+9.0 R+1.6 D+7.4 45,948 47,851
Dutchess County flipped R+0.2 D+7.5 D+7.7 111,762 123,431
Steuben County R+23.7 R+16.0 D+7.7 40,563 38,436
Onondaga County D+12.9 D+21.2 D+8.3 203,629 204,716
Wayne County R+17.5 R+9.2 D+8.3 38,329 37,439
Seneca County D+0.7 D+9.1 D+8.4 14,333 13,215
Hamilton County R+34.6 R+25.9 D+8.7 3,682 3,113
Oswego County flipped R+0.8 D+8.0 D+8.8 48,473 44,450
Bronx County D+74.5 D+83.4 D+8.9 308,048 370,803
Orange County flipped R+3.7 D+5.6 D+9.3 126,549 140,627
Cortland County flipped R+0.8 D+9.1 D+9.9 20,723 19,561
Madison County flipped R+10.1 D+0.9 D+11.0 28,366 28,094
Monroe County D+6.4 D+18.0 D+11.6 317,762 332,986
Warren County flipped R+9.8 D+2.4 D+12.2 28,621 29,514
Columbia County D+1.2 D+13.7 D+12.5 28,691 29,059
Yates County R+16.0 R+3.3 D+12.7 10,052 9,442
Washington County flipped R+12.6 D+1.9 D+14.5 23,555 23,056
Ulster County D+6.0 D+22.7 D+16.7 78,225 79,345
Clinton County D+7.5 D+25.6 D+18.1 30,555 30,577
Franklin County D+7.0 D+26.2 D+19.2 17,447 15,883
Tompkins County D+21.1 D+40.7 D+19.6 40,060 39,670
Essex County flipped R+5.0 D+18.8 D+23.8 17,932 16,704

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data