Cayuga County, New York presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Cayuga County by 13.0 points, out of 36,343 votes for president.

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

2024

New York 2024

Ticket	Votes	Share
Donald J. Trump REP	18,273	50.3%
Kamala Harris DEM	14,802	40.7%
Donald J. Trump CON	2,209	6.1%
Kamala Harris WOR	970	2.7%
Jill Stein (Write-In)	45	0.1%
Chase Oliver (Write-In)	24	0.1%
Claudia De la Cruz (Write In)	9	0.0%
Cornel West (Write-In)	7	0.0%
Peter Sonski (Write In)	2	0.0%
Chris Garrity (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Andrew O'Donnell (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Shiva Ayyadurai (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Garry Hubbard (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Andre Ramon McNeil Sr (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Future Madam Potus (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Raymond Anthony Scollin (Write In)	0	0.0%
Total	36,785

Cayuga County was R+13.0 against D+12.6 statewide, 25.6 points more Republican 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
Donald J. Trump REP	17,576	48.3%
Joseph R. Biden DEM	15,410	42.3%
Donald J. Trump CON	1,936	5.3%
Joseph R. Biden WOR	739	2.0%
Jo Jorgensen Jeremy Cohen (LBT)	399	1.1%
Howie Hawkins Angela Nicole Walker (GRE)	185	0.5%
Brock Pierce Karla Ballard (IND)	162	0.4%
Kanye West (Write-In)	8	0.0%
Brian Carroll (Write-In)	2	0.0%
Kasey Wells (Write-In)	2	0.0%
Jade Simmons (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Mark Charles (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Gloria La Riva (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%
Paul Hodges (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Joseph Kishore (Write-In)	0	0.0%
David A. Martin (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Don Blankenship (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Barbara Bellar (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Joe McHugh (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Dario Hunter (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Richard Charles Montanye (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Total	36,760

Cayuga County was R+9.3 against D+23.1 statewide, 32.4 points more Republican 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
Donald J. Trump REP	15,316	46.6%
Hillary Clinton DEM	12,779	38.9%
Donald J. Trump CON	2,068	6.3%
Gary Johnson IND	1,008	3.1%
Hillary Clinton WOR	541	1.6%
Stein / Baraka (GRN)	501	1.5%
Gary Johnson LBT	350	1.1%
Hillary Clinton WEP	202	0.6%
Evan McMullin (write-in)	65	0.2%
Darrell Castle (write-in)	22	0.1%
Lynn Kahn (write-in)	4	0.0%
Willie Carter (write-in)	2	0.0%
Michael A. Maturen (write-in)	2	0.0%
William J. Connolly (write-in)	1	0.0%
Zoltan Istvan Gyurko (write-in)	1	0.0%
Michael Frederick Ingbar (write-in)	1	0.0%
Emidio Soltysik (write-in)	1	0.0%
Robert M. Wolff (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%
Robert L. Buchanan (write-in)	0	0.0%
Gary S. Cairns (write-in)	0	0.0%
Ariel Cohen (write-in)	0	0.0%
"Rocky" Roque De La Fuente (write-in)	0	0.0%
Jason Fried (write-in)	0	0.0%
Ben Hartnell (write-in)	0	0.0%
Tom Hoefling (write-in)	0	0.0%
Chris Keniston (write-in)	0	0.0%
Gloria La Riva (write-in)	0	0.0%
Jeffrey Mackler (write-in)	0	0.0%
Monica Moorehead (write-in)	0	0.0%
Jason Mutford (write-in)	0	0.0%
Hillary Clinton write-in	0	0.0%
Marshall Schoenke (write-in)	0	0.0%
Ryan Alan Scott (write-in)	0	0.0%
Tony Valdivia (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%
Total	33,447

Cayuga County was R+11.8 against D+22.3 statewide, 34.1 points more Republican 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	16,105	51.8%
Mitt Romney REP	11,646	37.5%
Mitt Romney CON	1,808	5.8%
Barack Obama WOR	902	2.9%
Johnson / Gray (LBT)	285	0.9%
Stein / Honkala (GRN)	243	0.8%
Goode / Clymer (CST)	81	0.3%
Lindsay / Osorio (PSL)	11	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	31,631

Cayuga County was D+11.4 against D+28.1 statewide, 16.7 points more Republican 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	17,031	50.1%
George W. Bush REP	14,988	44.1%
All other candidates	1,959	5.8%
Total	33,978

Cayuga County was D+6.0 against D+25.0 statewide, 19.0 points more Republican 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 Cayuga County, New York in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Cayuga County by 13.0 points, out of 36,343 votes counted for president.

Is Cayuga County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 13.0 points; 2020: Republican by 9.3 points; 2016: Republican by 11.8 points; 2012: Democratic by 11.4 points; 2000: Democratic by 6.0 points.

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

In 2024 it was 25.6 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 13.0 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