Columbia County, New York presidential election results

In 2024 Kamala Harris won Columbia County by 14.6 points, out of 35,897 votes for president.

Columbia 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	18,504	51.5%
Donald J. Trump REP	13,266	37.0%
Donald J. Trump CON	1,902	5.3%
Kamala Harris WOR	1,892	5.3%
Jill Stein (Write-In)	237	0.7%
Claudia De la Cruz (Write In)	37	0.1%
Chase Oliver (Write-In)	30	0.1%
Cornel West (Write-In)	17	0.0%
Peter Sonski (Write In)	8	0.0%
Shiva Ayyadurai (Write-In)	3	0.0%
Chris Garrity (Write-In)	1	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%
Total	36,326

Columbia County was D+14.5 against D+12.6 statewide, 1.9 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	18,179	51.2%
Donald J. Trump REP	13,065	36.8%
Joseph R. Biden WOR	2,207	6.2%
Donald J. Trump CON	1,399	3.9%
Jo Jorgensen Jeremy Cohen (LBT)	357	1.0%
Howie Hawkins Angela Nicole Walker (GRE)	185	0.5%
Brock Pierce Karla Ballard (IND)	115	0.3%
Kanye West (Write-In)	12	0.0%
Gloria La Riva (Write-In)	2	0.0%
Mark Charles (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Brian Carroll (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%
Dario Hunter (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Richard Charles Montanye (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Total	35,781

Columbia County was D+16.7 against D+23.1 statewide, 6.4 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
Hillary Clinton DEM	14,146	46.1%
Donald J. Trump REP	11,867	38.7%
Donald J. Trump CON	1,889	6.2%
Hillary Clinton WOR	865	2.8%
Gary Johnson IND	626	2.0%
Stein / Baraka (GRN)	598	2.0%
Gary Johnson LBT	318	1.0%
Hillary Clinton WEP	273	0.9%
Evan McMullin (write-in)	63	0.2%
Darrell Castle (write-in)	8	0.0%
William J. Connolly (write-in)	3	0.0%
Lynn Kahn (write-in)	3	0.0%
Zoltan Istvan Gyurko (write-in)	2	0.0%
"Rocky" Roque De La Fuente (write-in)	1	0.0%
Michael A. Maturen (write-in)	1	0.0%
Jason Mutford (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%
Willie Carter (write-in)	0	0.0%
Ariel Cohen (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%
Michael Frederick Ingbar (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%
Hillary Clinton write-in	0	0.0%
Marshall Schoenke (write-in)	0	0.0%
Ryan Alan Scott (write-in)	0	0.0%
Emidio Soltysik (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	31,152

Columbia County was D+4.9 against D+22.3 statewide, 17.4 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	15,241	52.4%
Mitt Romney REP	10,600	36.5%
Mitt Romney CON	1,625	5.6%
Barack Obama WOR	980	3.4%
Johnson / Gray (LBT)	299	1.0%
Stein / Honkala (GRN)	259	0.9%
Goode / Clymer (CST)	41	0.1%
Lindsay / Osorio (PSL)	14	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	29,278

Columbia County was D+13.7 against D+28.1 statewide, 14.4 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	13,489	47.0%
George W. Bush REP	13,153	45.8%
All other candidates	2,049	7.1%
Total	28,691

Columbia County was D+1.2 against D+25.0 statewide, 23.8 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 Columbia County, New York in 2024?

Kamala Harris won Columbia County by 14.6 points, out of 35,897 votes counted for president.

Is Columbia County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Democratic by 14.5 points; 2020: Democratic by 16.7 points; 2016: Democratic by 4.9 points; 2012: Democratic by 13.7 points; 2000: Democratic by 1.2 points.

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

In 2024 it was 1.9 points more Democratic than the state as a whole (Democratic by 14.5 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