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New York 2012 vs 2020: county swing

51 of 62 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 15 changed hands.

Allegany County: swing R+13.8Columbia County: swing D+3.0Genesee County: swing R+11.5Herkimer County: swing R+22.4Montgomery County: swing R+18.0Ontario County: swing D+1.5Rensselaer County: swing R+6.5Schoharie County: swing R+13.5Tompkins County: swing D+8.5Wyoming County: swing R+16.6Yates County: swing R+15.3Broome County: swing R+1.8Cayuga County: swing R+20.7Chautauqua County: swing R+12.0Clinton County: swing R+20.4Dutchess County: swing D+2.1Franklin County: swing R+28.4Fulton County: swing R+20.2Greene County: swing R+5.2Hamilton County: swing R+4.4Jefferson County: swing R+16.0Livingston County: swing R+7.9Monroe County: swing D+3.1Nassau County: swing D+1.9Niagara County: swing R+10.4Orange County: swing R+5.8Orleans County: swing R+16.9Oswego County: swing R+28.2Queens County: swing R+14.1Rockland County: swing R+4.9St. Lawrence County: swing R+28.5Schenectady County: swing R+0.3Seneca County: swing R+18.2Suffolk County: swing R+4.7Tioga County: swing R+5.8Wayne County: swing R+10.4Chenango County: swing R+20.2Essex County: swing R+13.8Lewis County: swing R+30.4Oneida County: swing R+10.8Otsego County: swing R+7.8Saratoga County: swing D+3.0Steuben County: swing R+13.6Warren County: swing R+2.6Albany County: swing D+0.2Bronx County: swing R+15.9Chemung County: swing R+11.1Cortland County: swing R+11.1Delaware County: swing R+9.8Erie County: swing R+1.6Kings County: swing R+10.4Madison County: swing R+11.5New York County: swing D+5.5Onondaga County: swing R+0.6Putnam County: swing D+2.4Richmond County: swing R+17.5Schuyler County: swing R+10.1Sullivan County: swing R+18.2Ulster County: swing R+1.8Washington County: swing R+17.4Westchester County: swing D+11.1Cattaraugus County: swing R+16.3
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122020SwingVotes 2012Votes 2020
Lewis County R+8.8 R+39.2 R+30.4 10,522 12,944
St. Lawrence County flipped D+16.8 R+11.7 R+28.5 37,067 44,800
Franklin County flipped D+26.2 R+2.2 R+28.4 15,883 19,268
Oswego County flipped D+8.0 R+20.2 R+28.2 44,450 54,491
Herkimer County R+8.1 R+30.5 R+22.4 25,035 29,319
Cayuga County flipped D+11.4 R+9.3 R+20.7 31,081 36,421
Clinton County D+25.6 D+5.2 R+20.4 30,577 35,437
Chenango County R+3.1 R+23.3 R+20.2 19,256 22,282
Fulton County R+11.2 R+31.4 R+20.2 19,746 23,718
Seneca County flipped D+9.1 R+9.1 R+18.2 13,215 15,608
Sullivan County flipped D+9.0 R+9.2 R+18.2 28,413 34,647
Montgomery County R+4.6 R+22.6 R+18.0 18,128 21,134
Richmond County flipped D+2.6 R+14.9 R+17.5 153,958 216,278
Washington County flipped D+1.9 R+15.5 R+17.4 23,056 28,101
Orleans County R+19.1 R+36.0 R+16.9 14,667 18,154
Wyoming County R+28.8 R+45.4 R+16.6 16,301 19,399
Cattaraugus County R+13.2 R+29.5 R+16.3 29,767 34,760
Jefferson County R+2.9 R+18.9 R+16.0 35,708 43,855
Bronx County D+83.4 D+67.5 R+15.9 370,803 425,883
Yates County R+3.3 R+18.6 R+15.3 9,442 10,701
Queens County D+59.3 D+45.2 R+14.1 594,615 788,262
Allegany County R+25.2 R+39.0 R+13.8 16,895 20,716
Essex County D+18.8 D+5.0 R+13.8 16,704 19,271
Steuben County R+16.0 R+29.6 R+13.6 38,436 46,179
Schoharie County R+15.5 R+29.0 R+13.5 13,158 15,685
Chautauqua County R+7.9 R+19.9 R+12.0 52,686 59,195
Genesee County R+20.2 R+31.7 R+11.5 24,738 29,217
Madison County flipped D+0.9 R+10.6 R+11.5 28,094 34,038
Chemung County R+2.3 R+13.4 R+11.1 34,947 39,410
Cortland County flipped D+9.1 R+2.0 R+11.1 19,561 21,678
Oneida County R+4.7 R+15.5 R+10.8 86,504 100,746
Niagara County flipped D+0.8 R+9.6 R+10.4 88,780 104,123
Wayne County R+9.2 R+19.6 R+10.4 37,439 44,727
Kings County D+65.2 D+54.8 R+10.4 736,472 913,690
Schuyler County R+7.5 R+17.6 R+10.1 8,130 9,740
Delaware County R+8.7 R+18.5 R+9.8 18,638 22,971
Livingston County R+10.3 R+18.2 R+7.9 26,704 31,401
Otsego County flipped D+2.8 R+5.0 R+7.8 24,064 28,010
Rensselaer County D+12.2 D+5.7 R+6.5 67,990 79,286
Orange County flipped D+5.6 R+0.2 R+5.8 140,627 172,196
Tioga County R+14.8 R+20.6 R+5.8 21,523 25,036
Greene County R+10.4 R+15.6 R+5.2 20,649 25,137
Rockland County D+6.6 D+1.7 R+4.9 124,275 150,369
Suffolk County flipped D+3.7 R+1.0 R+4.7 593,354 752,821
Hamilton County R+25.9 R+30.3 R+4.4 3,113 3,460
Warren County flipped D+2.4 R+0.2 R+2.6 29,514 36,149
Broome County D+5.3 D+3.5 R+1.8 81,376 92,794
Ulster County D+22.7 D+20.9 R+1.8 79,345 97,420
Erie County D+16.3 D+14.7 R+1.6 414,195 473,021
Onondaga County D+21.2 D+20.6 R+0.6 204,716 234,735
Schenectady County D+15.9 D+15.6 R+0.3 64,768 74,862
Albany County D+31.3 D+31.5 D+0.2 135,435 153,586
Ontario County R+1.6 R+0.1 D+1.5 47,851 59,674
Nassau County D+7.6 D+9.5 D+1.9 567,474 730,983
Dutchess County D+7.5 D+9.6 D+2.1 123,431 150,745
Putnam County R+10.3 R+7.9 D+2.4 44,248 54,989
Columbia County D+13.7 D+16.7 D+3.0 29,059 35,522
Saratoga County D+2.4 D+5.4 D+3.0 105,276 132,655
Monroe County D+18.0 D+21.1 D+3.1 332,986 379,864
New York County D+68.9 D+74.4 D+5.5 599,682 695,263
Tompkins County D+40.7 D+49.2 D+8.5 39,670 45,735
Westchester County D+25.2 D+36.3 D+11.1 387,886 462,265

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