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New York 2012 vs 2016: county swing

59 of 62 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 19 changed hands.

Allegany County: swing R+16.0Columbia County: swing R+8.8Genesee County: swing R+15.1Herkimer County: swing R+24.7Montgomery County: swing R+20.3Ontario County: swing R+5.7Rensselaer County: swing R+13.7Schoharie County: swing R+17.5Tompkins County: swing D+3.2Wyoming County: swing R+20.7Yates County: swing R+16.7Broome County: swing R+7.4Cayuga County: swing R+23.2Chautauqua County: swing R+15.4Clinton County: swing R+23.7Dutchess County: swing R+7.2Franklin County: swing R+31.7Fulton County: swing R+21.9Greene County: swing R+15.9Hamilton County: swing R+9.2Jefferson County: swing R+18.1Livingston County: swing R+11.8Monroe County: swing R+2.9Nassau County: swing R+1.3Niagara County: swing R+18.7Orange County: swing R+11.1Orleans County: swing R+20.6Oswego County: swing R+30.1Queens County: swing R+5.4Rockland County: swing R+0.3St. Lawrence County: swing R+25.7Schenectady County: swing R+8.7Seneca County: swing R+20.2Suffolk County: swing R+10.6Tioga County: swing R+11.2Wayne County: swing R+15.9Chenango County: swing R+22.6Essex County: swing R+19.9Lewis County: swing R+29.1Oneida County: swing R+14.9Otsego County: swing R+14.1Saratoga County: swing R+5.7Steuben County: swing R+18.3Warren County: swing R+10.9Albany County: swing R+5.8Bronx County: swing R+4.1Chemung County: swing R+15.3Cortland County: swing R+14.7Delaware County: swing R+18.4Erie County: swing R+9.9Kings County: swing R+2.8Madison County: swing R+15.3New York County: swing D+8.5Onondaga County: swing R+7.4Putnam County: swing R+5.6Richmond County: swing R+17.7Schuyler County: swing R+15.0Sullivan County: swing R+20.3Ulster County: swing R+11.6Washington County: swing R+20.4Westchester County: swing D+8.7Cattaraugus County: swing R+19.7
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122016SwingVotes 2012Votes 2016
Franklin County flipped D+26.2 R+5.5 R+31.7 15,883 16,640
Oswego County flipped D+8.0 R+22.1 R+30.1 44,450 47,788
Lewis County R+8.8 R+37.9 R+29.1 10,522 11,214
St. Lawrence County flipped D+16.8 R+8.9 R+25.7 37,067 38,761
Herkimer County R+8.1 R+32.8 R+24.7 25,035 26,255
Clinton County D+25.6 D+1.9 R+23.7 30,577 31,503
Cayuga County flipped D+11.4 R+11.8 R+23.2 31,081 32,865
Chenango County R+3.1 R+25.7 R+22.6 19,256 19,991
Fulton County R+11.2 R+33.1 R+21.9 19,746 21,069
Wyoming County R+28.8 R+49.5 R+20.7 16,301 17,234
Orleans County R+19.1 R+39.7 R+20.6 14,667 16,301
Washington County flipped D+1.9 R+18.5 R+20.4 23,056 24,292
Montgomery County R+4.6 R+24.9 R+20.3 18,128 18,911
Sullivan County flipped D+9.0 R+11.3 R+20.3 28,413 29,761
Seneca County flipped D+9.1 R+11.1 R+20.2 13,215 13,871
Essex County flipped D+18.8 R+1.1 R+19.9 16,704 16,921
Cattaraugus County R+13.2 R+32.9 R+19.7 29,767 30,956
Niagara County flipped D+0.8 R+17.9 R+18.7 88,780 91,801
Delaware County R+8.7 R+27.1 R+18.4 18,638 19,649
Steuben County R+16.0 R+34.3 R+18.3 38,436 41,711
Jefferson County R+2.9 R+21.0 R+18.1 35,708 37,939
Richmond County flipped D+2.6 R+15.1 R+17.7 153,958 180,078
Schoharie County R+15.5 R+33.0 R+17.5 13,158 13,932
Yates County R+3.3 R+20.0 R+16.7 9,442 9,994
Allegany County R+25.2 R+41.2 R+16.0 16,895 18,516
Greene County R+10.4 R+26.3 R+15.9 20,649 21,568
Wayne County R+9.2 R+25.1 R+15.9 37,439 39,479
Chautauqua County R+7.9 R+23.3 R+15.4 52,686 53,749
Chemung County R+2.3 R+17.6 R+15.3 34,947 35,858
Madison County flipped D+0.9 R+14.4 R+15.3 28,094 29,801
Genesee County R+20.2 R+35.3 R+15.1 24,738 26,255
Schuyler County R+7.5 R+22.5 R+15.0 8,130 8,690
Oneida County R+4.7 R+19.6 R+14.9 86,504 90,358
Cortland County flipped D+9.1 R+5.6 R+14.7 19,561 20,064
Otsego County flipped D+2.8 R+11.3 R+14.1 24,064 25,415
Rensselaer County flipped D+12.2 R+1.5 R+13.7 67,990 70,911
Livingston County R+10.3 R+22.1 R+11.8 26,704 29,834
Ulster County D+22.7 D+11.1 R+11.6 79,345 84,535
Tioga County R+14.8 R+26.0 R+11.2 21,523 22,107
Orange County flipped D+5.6 R+5.5 R+11.1 140,627 151,127
Warren County flipped D+2.4 R+8.5 R+10.9 29,514 31,044
Suffolk County flipped D+3.7 R+6.9 R+10.6 593,354 677,167
Erie County D+16.3 D+6.4 R+9.9 414,195 423,625
Hamilton County R+25.9 R+35.1 R+9.2 3,113 3,176
Columbia County D+13.7 D+4.9 R+8.8 29,059 30,664
Schenectady County D+15.9 D+7.2 R+8.7 64,768 66,634
Broome County flipped D+5.3 R+2.1 R+7.4 81,376 85,208
Onondaga County D+21.2 D+13.8 R+7.4 204,716 208,440
Dutchess County D+7.5 D+0.3 R+7.2 123,431 129,932
Albany County D+31.3 D+25.5 R+5.8 135,435 138,507
Ontario County R+1.6 R+7.3 R+5.7 47,851 51,829
Saratoga County flipped D+2.4 R+3.3 R+5.7 105,276 112,828
Putnam County R+10.3 R+15.9 R+5.6 44,248 48,211
Queens County D+59.3 D+53.9 R+5.4 594,615 683,505
Bronx County D+83.4 D+79.3 R+4.1 370,803 398,254
Monroe County D+18.0 D+15.1 R+2.9 332,986 344,888
Kings County D+65.2 D+62.4 R+2.8 736,472 801,089
Nassau County D+7.6 D+6.3 R+1.3 567,474 642,975
Rockland County D+6.6 D+6.3 R+0.3 124,275 134,079
Tompkins County D+40.7 D+43.9 D+3.2 39,670 42,199
New York County D+68.9 D+77.4 D+8.5 599,682 663,868
Westchester County D+25.2 D+33.9 D+8.7 387,886 417,180

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