Cortland County, New York presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Cortland County by 6.4 points, out of 22,063 votes for president.

Cortland 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	10,701	48.5%
Kamala Harris DEM	9,602	43.5%
Donald J. Trump CON	1,005	4.6%
Kamala Harris WOR	688	3.1%
Jill Stein (Write-In)	31	0.1%
Chase Oliver (Write-In)	22	0.1%
Peter Sonski (Write In)	7	0.0%
Claudia De la Cruz (Write In)	5	0.0%
Cornel West (Write-In)	2	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%
Total	22,330

Cortland County was R+6.5 against D+12.6 statewide, 19.1 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	10,001	46.1%
Joseph R. Biden DEM	9,791	45.2%
Donald J. Trump CON	788	3.6%
Joseph R. Biden WOR	578	2.7%
Jo Jorgensen Jeremy Cohen (LBT)	295	1.4%
Howie Hawkins Angela Nicole Walker (GRE)	113	0.5%
Brock Pierce Karla Ballard (IND)	96	0.4%
Brian Carroll (Write-In)	9	0.0%
Jade Simmons (Write-In)	3	0.0%
Gloria La Riva (Write-In)	2	0.0%
Kanye West (Write-In)	2	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%
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	21,892

Cortland County was R+2.0 against D+23.1 statewide, 25.1 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	8,930	44.5%
Hillary Clinton DEM	8,307	41.4%
Donald J. Trump CON	970	4.8%
Gary Johnson IND	682	3.4%
Stein / Baraka (GRN)	374	1.9%
Hillary Clinton WOR	309	1.5%
Gary Johnson LBT	275	1.4%
Hillary Clinton WEP	155	0.8%
Evan McMullin (write-in)	57	0.3%
Robert L. Buchanan (write-in)	1	0.0%
Darrell Castle (write-in)	1	0.0%
Zoltan Istvan Gyurko (write-in)	1	0.0%
Tom Hoefling (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%
Gary S. Cairns (write-in)	0	0.0%
Willie Carter (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%
Ben Hartnell (write-in)	0	0.0%
Michael Frederick Ingbar (write-in)	0	0.0%
Lynn Kahn (write-in)	0	0.0%
Chris Keniston (write-in)	0	0.0%
Jeffrey Mackler (write-in)	0	0.0%
Michael A. Maturen (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%
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	20,453

Cortland County was R+5.6 against D+22.3 statewide, 27.9 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	9,965	50.9%
Mitt Romney REP	7,859	40.2%
Mitt Romney CON	836	4.3%
Barack Obama WOR	517	2.6%
Johnson / Gray (LBT)	187	1.0%
Stein / Honkala (GRN)	161	0.8%
Goode / Clymer (CST)	29	0.1%
Lindsay / Osorio (PSL)	7	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	19,739

Cortland County was D+9.1 against D+28.1 statewide, 19.0 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
George W. Bush REP	9,857	47.6%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	9,691	46.8%
All other candidates	1,175	5.7%
Total	20,723

Cortland County was R+0.8 against D+25.0 statewide, 25.8 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 Cortland County, New York in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Cortland County by 6.4 points, out of 22,063 votes counted for president.

Is Cortland County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 6.5 points; 2020: Republican by 2.0 points; 2016: Republican by 5.6 points; 2012: Democratic by 9.1 points; 2000: Republican by 0.8 points.

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

In 2024 it was 19.1 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 6.5 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