Essex County, New York presidential election results

In 2024 Kamala Harris won Essex County by 0.5 points, out of 19,236 votes for president.

Essex 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	9,063	47.1%
Donald J. Trump REP	8,827	45.9%
Donald J. Trump CON	706	3.7%
Kamala Harris WOR	566	2.9%
Jill Stein (Write-In)	40	0.2%
Claudia De la Cruz (Write In)	10	0.1%
Chase Oliver (Write-In)	9	0.0%
Cornel West (Write-In)	7	0.0%
Raymond Anthony Scollin (Write In)	4	0.0%
Peter Sonski (Write In)	4	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%
Total	19,529

Essex County was D+0.5 against D+12.6 statewide, 12.1 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
Joseph R. Biden DEM	9,327	48.4%
Donald J. Trump REP	8,394	43.6%
Joseph R. Biden WOR	620	3.2%
Donald J. Trump CON	582	3.0%
Jo Jorgensen Jeremy Cohen (LBT)	173	0.9%
Brock Pierce Karla Ballard (IND)	90	0.5%
Howie Hawkins Angela Nicole Walker (GRE)	73	0.4%
Brian Carroll (Write-In)	8	0.0%
Kanye West (Write-In)	2	0.0%
Gloria La Riva (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Jade Simmons (Write-In)	1	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	19,470

Essex County was D+5.0 against D+23.1 statewide, 18.1 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	7,347	43.4%
Hillary Clinton DEM	7,341	43.4%
Donald J. Trump CON	611	3.6%
Gary Johnson IND	533	3.1%
Stein / Baraka (GRN)	420	2.5%
Hillary Clinton WOR	282	1.7%
Gary Johnson LBT	195	1.2%
Hillary Clinton WEP	139	0.8%
Evan McMullin (write-in)	42	0.2%
Lynn Kahn (write-in)	4	0.0%
Michael Frederick Ingbar (write-in)	2	0.0%
Michael A. Maturen (write-in)	2	0.0%
Hillary Clinton write-in	2	0.0%
Ben Hartnell (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%
Darrell Castle (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%
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%
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	17,462

Essex County was R+1.1 against D+22.3 statewide, 23.4 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	9,368	56.1%
Mitt Romney REP	6,076	36.4%
Mitt Romney CON	571	3.4%
Barack Obama WOR	416	2.5%
Johnson / Gray (LBT)	134	0.8%
Stein / Honkala (GRN)	107	0.6%
Goode / Clymer (CST)	27	0.2%
Lindsay / Osorio (PSL)	4	0.0%
James Harris (write-in)	1	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%
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	16,886

Essex County was D+18.8 against D+28.1 statewide, 9.3 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	8,822	49.2%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	7,927	44.2%
All other candidates	1,183	6.6%
Total	17,932

Essex County was R+5.0 against D+25.0 statewide, 30.0 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 Essex County, New York in 2024?

Kamala Harris won Essex County by 0.5 points, out of 19,236 votes counted for president.

Is Essex County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Democratic by 0.5 points; 2020: Democratic by 5.0 points; 2016: Republican by 1.1 points; 2012: Democratic by 18.8 points; 2000: Republican by 5.0 points.

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

In 2024 it was 12.1 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Democratic by 0.5 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