Albany County, New York presidential election results

In 2024 Kamala Harris won Albany County by 25.6 points, out of 148,577 votes for president.

Albany County margin: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.

2024

New York 2024

Ticket	Votes	Share
Kamala Harris DEM	85,741	57.7%
Donald J. Trump REP	48,554	32.7%
Kamala Harris WOR	6,848	4.6%
Donald J. Trump CON	6,006	4.0%
Jill Stein (Write-In)	1,039	0.7%
Chase Oliver (Write-In)	143	0.1%
Claudia De la Cruz (Write In)	123	0.1%
Cornel West (Write-In)	66	0.0%
Peter Sonski (Write In)	46	0.0%
Chris Garrity (Write-In)	5	0.0%
Shiva Ayyadurai (Write-In)	2	0.0%
Garry Hubbard (Write-In)	2	0.0%
Future Madam Potus (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Raymond Anthony Scollin (Write In)	1	0.0%
Andre Ramon McNeil Sr (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Andrew O'Donnell (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Total	151,005

Albany County was D+25.6 against D+12.6 statewide, 13.0 points more Democratic than the state.

Source: New York State Board of Elections, Presidential - General Election - November 5, 2024, certified results by county (page 1 of 2; page 2 continues the write-in columns)

2020

New York 2020

Ticket	Votes	Share
Joseph R. Biden DEM	91,260	59.4%
Donald J. Trump REP	46,066	30.0%
Joseph R. Biden WOR	8,214	5.3%
Donald J. Trump CON	5,015	3.3%
Jo Jorgensen Jeremy Cohen (LBT)	1,523	1.0%
Howie Hawkins Angela Nicole Walker (GRE)	779	0.5%
Brock Pierce Karla Ballard (IND)	595	0.4%
Kanye West (Write-In)	61	0.0%
Brian Carroll (Write-In)	32	0.0%
Jade Simmons (Write-In)	25	0.0%
Gloria La Riva (Write-In)	9	0.0%
Don Blankenship (Write-In)	4	0.0%
Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente (Write-In)	2	0.0%
Paul Hodges (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Kasey Wells (Write-In)	0	0.0%
John Manimas (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Shawn Howard (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Phil Collins (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Joseph Kishore (Write-In)	0	0.0%
David A. Martin (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Barbara Bellar (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Joe McHugh (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Mark Charles (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Dario Hunter (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Richard Charles Montanye (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Total	154,727

Albany County was D+31.5 against D+23.1 statewide, 8.4 points more Democratic than the state.

Source: New York State Board of Elections, Presidential - General Election - November 3, 2020, spreadsheet by county: one column per ballot line (Biden/Harris DEM and WOR, Trump/Pence REP and CON, Hawkins, Jorgensen, Pierce, 18 write-in candidates), Blank, Void, Total Votes by County

2016

New York 2016

Ticket	Votes	Share
Hillary Clinton DEM	78,510	56.7%
Donald J. Trump REP	42,556	30.7%
Donald J. Trump CON	5,254	3.8%
Hillary Clinton WOR	3,417	2.5%
Gary Johnson IND	3,095	2.2%
Stein / Baraka (GRN)	2,474	1.8%
Gary Johnson LBT	1,697	1.2%
Hillary Clinton WEP	1,150	0.8%
Evan McMullin (write-in)	273	0.2%
Darrell Castle (write-in)	18	0.0%
Jason Mutford (write-in)	14	0.0%
Michael A. Maturen (write-in)	9	0.0%
William J. Connolly (write-in)	6	0.0%
Zoltan Istvan Gyurko (write-in)	5	0.0%
Lynn Kahn (write-in)	5	0.0%
Robert L. Buchanan (write-in)	4	0.0%
Chris Keniston (write-in)	4	0.0%
Gloria La Riva (write-in)	3	0.0%
Hillary Clinton write-in	3	0.0%
Emidio Soltysik (write-in)	3	0.0%
Ariel Cohen (write-in)	1	0.0%
Ben Hartnell (write-in)	1	0.0%
Tom Hoefling (write-in)	1	0.0%
Michael Frederick Ingbar (write-in)	1	0.0%
Jeffrey Mackler (write-in)	1	0.0%
Monica Moorehead (write-in)	1	0.0%
Tony Valdivia (write-in)	1	0.0%
Arantxa Araujo (write-in)	0	0.0%
Near R. Asherie (write-in)	0	0.0%
Mark Blickley (write-in)	0	0.0%
Gary S. Cairns (write-in)	0	0.0%
Willie Carter (write-in)	0	0.0%
"Rocky" Roque De La Fuente (write-in)	0	0.0%
Jason Fried (write-in)	0	0.0%
Marshall Schoenke (write-in)	0	0.0%
Ryan Alan Scott (write-in)	0	0.0%
J. J. Vogel-Walcott (write-in)	0	0.0%
Esther Welsh (write-in)	0	0.0%
Barbara Whitaker (write-in)	0	0.0%
Robert M. Wolff (write-in)	0	0.0%
Total	141,413

Albany County was D+25.5 against D+22.3 statewide, 3.2 points more Democratic than the state.

Source: New York State Board of Elections, President and Vice-President Election Returns Nov. 8, 2016 (revised 1-9-2017, 8 pages): by county, eight ballot lines (pages 1-2), 32 write-in candidates (pages 3-8), Blank, Void, Scattering, Total

2012

New York 2012

Ticket	Votes	Share
Barack Obama DEM	83,979	62.0%
Mitt Romney REP	40,210	29.7%
Mitt Romney CON	4,854	3.6%
Barack Obama WOR	3,577	2.6%
Johnson / Gray (LBT)	1,361	1.0%
Stein / Honkala (GRN)	1,238	0.9%
Goode / Clymer (CST)	164	0.1%
Lindsay / Osorio (PSL)	52	0.0%
Ross C. Anderson (write-in)	0	0.0%
Avery L. Ayers (write-in)	0	0.0%
Will Christensen (write-in)	0	0.0%
Stephen Durham (write-in)	0	0.0%
James Harris (write-in)	0	0.0%
Tom Hoefling (write-in)	0	0.0%
Merlin Miller (write-in)	0	0.0%
Jill Reed (write-in)	0	0.0%
Kevin Thorne (write-in)	0	0.0%
Jerry White (write-in)	0	0.0%
Total	136,528

Albany County was D+31.3 against D+28.1 statewide, 3.2 points more Democratic than the state.

Source: New York State Board of Elections, President and Vice-President Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012 (dated March 20, 2013, Kings update June 9, 2013): pages 1-2 the eight ballot lines by county, pages 3-4 the official write-in candidates, Blank, Void, Scattering, BVS Subtotal and Total by county

2000

New York 2000

Ticket	Votes	Share
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	85,617	60.3%
George W. Bush REP	47,624	33.5%
All other candidates	8,728	6.1%
Total	141,969

Albany County was D+26.8 against D+25.0 statewide, 1.8 points more Democratic than the state.

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)

Questions and answers

Who won Albany County, New York in 2024?

Kamala Harris won Albany County by 25.6 points, out of 148,577 votes counted for president.

Is Albany County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Democratic by 25.6 points; 2020: Democratic by 31.5 points; 2016: Democratic by 25.5 points; 2012: Democratic by 31.3 points; 2000: Democratic by 26.8 points.

How does Albany County vote compared with the rest of New York?

In 2024 it was 13.0 points more Democratic than the state as a whole (Democratic by 25.6 points against Democratic by 12.6 points statewide).

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