Clinton County, New York presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Clinton County by 2.1 points, out of 35,817 votes for president.

Clinton 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	16,814	46.9%
Kamala Harris DEM	16,489	46.0%
Donald J. Trump CON	1,433	4.0%
Kamala Harris WOR	989	2.8%
Jill Stein (Write-In)	60	0.2%
Chase Oliver (Write-In)	26	0.1%
Claudia De la Cruz (Write In)	3	0.0%
Peter Sonski (Write In)	3	0.0%
Shiva Ayyadurai (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Chris Garrity (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Garry Hubbard (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Andre Ramon McNeil Sr (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Andrew O'Donnell (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Future Madam Potus (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Raymond Anthony Scollin (Write In)	0	0.0%
Cornel West (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Total	36,238

Clinton County was R+2.1 against D+12.6 statewide, 14.7 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
Joseph R. Biden DEM	17,316	48.9%
Donald J. Trump REP	15,313	43.2%
Donald J. Trump CON	1,201	3.4%
Joseph R. Biden WOR	1,048	3.0%
Jo Jorgensen Jeremy Cohen (LBT)	279	0.8%
Brock Pierce Karla Ballard (IND)	153	0.4%
Howie Hawkins Angela Nicole Walker (GRE)	121	0.3%
Brian Carroll (Write-In)	4	0.0%
Kanye West (Write-In)	2	0.0%
Gloria La Riva (Write-In)	0	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%
Paul Hodges (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Jade Simmons (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%
Mark Charles (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Dario Hunter (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Richard Charles Montanye (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Total	35,637

Clinton County was D+5.2 against D+23.1 statewide, 17.9 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
Hillary Clinton DEM	14,217	45.1%
Donald J. Trump REP	13,312	42.3%
Donald J. Trump CON	1,137	3.6%
Gary Johnson IND	964	3.1%
Hillary Clinton WOR	634	2.0%
Stein / Baraka (GRN)	613	1.9%
Gary Johnson LBT	348	1.1%
Hillary Clinton WEP	208	0.7%
Evan McMullin (write-in)	48	0.2%
Lynn Kahn (write-in)	7	0.0%
Michael A. Maturen (write-in)	5	0.0%
Darrell Castle (write-in)	2	0.0%
Tom Hoefling (write-in)	2	0.0%
Emidio Soltysik (write-in)	2	0.0%
Willie Carter (write-in)	1	0.0%
Ben Hartnell (write-in)	1	0.0%
Chris Keniston (write-in)	1	0.0%
Gloria La Riva (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%
William J. Connolly (write-in)	0	0.0%
"Rocky" Roque De La Fuente (write-in)	0	0.0%
Jason Fried (write-in)	0	0.0%
Zoltan Istvan Gyurko (write-in)	0	0.0%
Michael Frederick Ingbar (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%
Robert M. Wolff (write-in)	0	0.0%
Total	34,536

Clinton County was D+1.9 against D+22.3 statewide, 20.4 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	18,072	59.1%
Mitt Romney REP	9,892	32.4%
Mitt Romney CON	1,223	4.0%
Barack Obama WOR	889	2.9%
Johnson / Gray (LBT)	260	0.9%
Stein / Honkala (GRN)	193	0.6%
Goode / Clymer (CST)	39	0.1%
Lindsay / Osorio (PSL)	9	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	30,897

Clinton County was D+25.6 against D+28.1 statewide, 2.5 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	15,542	50.9%
George W. Bush REP	13,274	43.4%
All other candidates	1,739	5.7%
Total	30,555

Clinton County was D+7.5 against D+25.0 statewide, 17.5 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 Clinton County, New York in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Clinton County by 2.1 points, out of 35,817 votes counted for president.

Is Clinton County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 2.1 points; 2020: Democratic by 5.2 points; 2016: Democratic by 1.9 points; 2012: Democratic by 25.6 points; 2000: Democratic by 7.5 points.

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

In 2024 it was 14.7 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 2.1 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