Erie County, New York presidential election results

In 2024 Kamala Harris won Erie County by 9.6 points, out of 456,550 votes for president.

Erie 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	234,407	51.3%
Donald J. Trump REP	178,177	39.0%
Donald J. Trump CON	26,597	5.8%
Kamala Harris WOR	14,244	3.1%
Jill Stein (Write-In)	2,183	0.5%
Chase Oliver (Write-In)	401	0.1%
Claudia De la Cruz (Write In)	186	0.0%
Cornel West (Write-In)	184	0.0%
Peter Sonski (Write In)	151	0.0%
Chris Garrity (Write-In)	13	0.0%
Future Madam Potus (Write-In)	3	0.0%
Raymond Anthony Scollin (Write In)	2	0.0%
Shiva Ayyadurai (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Garry Hubbard (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Andre Ramon McNeil Sr (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Andrew O'Donnell (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Total	463,579

Erie County was D+9.6 against D+12.6 statewide, 3.0 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	252,478	53.4%
Donald J. Trump REP	172,331	36.4%
Donald J. Trump CON	25,196	5.3%
Joseph R. Biden WOR	14,696	3.1%
Jo Jorgensen Jeremy Cohen (LBT)	4,439	0.9%
Howie Hawkins Angela Nicole Walker (GRE)	1,986	0.4%
Brock Pierce Karla Ballard (IND)	1,895	0.4%
Brian Carroll (Write-In)	0	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%
Kanye West (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	476,787

Erie County was D+14.7 against D+23.1 statewide, 8.4 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	205,773	48.6%
Donald J. Trump REP	159,742	37.7%
Donald J. Trump CON	28,561	6.7%
Gary Johnson IND	8,463	2.0%
Hillary Clinton WOR	7,302	1.7%
Stein / Baraka (GRN)	6,367	1.5%
Gary Johnson LBT	4,257	1.0%
Hillary Clinton WEP	2,381	0.6%
Evan McMullin (write-in)	593	0.1%
Darrell Castle (write-in)	57	0.0%
Michael A. Maturen (write-in)	53	0.0%
Robert L. Buchanan (write-in)	23	0.0%
Ben Hartnell (write-in)	9	0.0%
Monica Moorehead (write-in)	9	0.0%
Zoltan Istvan Gyurko (write-in)	7	0.0%
Tom Hoefling (write-in)	7	0.0%
Chris Keniston (write-in)	5	0.0%
Lynn Kahn (write-in)	4	0.0%
Gloria La Riva (write-in)	4	0.0%
Hillary Clinton write-in	4	0.0%
Gary S. Cairns (write-in)	1	0.0%
William J. Connolly (write-in)	1	0.0%
Jason Fried (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%
Willie Carter (write-in)	0	0.0%
Ariel Cohen (write-in)	0	0.0%
"Rocky" Roque De La Fuente (write-in)	0	0.0%
Michael Frederick Ingbar (write-in)	0	0.0%
Jeffrey Mackler (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	431,537

Erie County was D+6.4 against D+22.3 statewide, 15.9 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	227,325	54.9%
Mitt Romney REP	149,683	36.1%
Mitt Romney CON	19,992	4.8%
Barack Obama WOR	10,031	2.4%
Johnson / Gray (LBT)	3,562	0.9%
Stein / Honkala (GRN)	2,898	0.7%
Goode / Clymer (CST)	541	0.1%
Lindsay / Osorio (PSL)	142	0.0%
Ross C. Anderson (write-in)	16	0.0%
Tom Hoefling (write-in)	3	0.0%
Merlin Miller (write-in)	2	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%
Jill Reed (write-in)	0	0.0%
Kevin Thorne (write-in)	0	0.0%
Jerry White (write-in)	0	0.0%
Total	417,435

Erie County was D+16.3 against D+28.1 statewide, 11.8 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	240,176	56.6%
George W. Bush REP	160,176	37.7%
All other candidates	24,302	5.7%
Total	424,654

Erie County was D+18.9 against D+25.0 statewide, 6.1 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 Erie County, New York in 2024?

Kamala Harris won Erie County by 9.6 points, out of 456,550 votes counted for president.

Is Erie County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Democratic by 9.6 points; 2020: Democratic by 14.7 points; 2016: Democratic by 6.4 points; 2012: Democratic by 16.3 points; 2000: Democratic by 18.9 points.

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

In 2024 it was 3.0 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Democratic by 9.6 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