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Herkimer County, New York presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Herkimer County by 36.4 points, out of 28,725 votes for president.

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D+40R+40D+20R+202000: R+7.020002012: R+8.120122016: R+32.820162020: R+30.520202024: R+36.42024
Herkimer County margin: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.
TicketVotesShareBar
Donald J. Trump REP17,63361.4%
Kamala Harris DEM8,52729.7%
Donald J. Trump CON1,9246.7%
Kamala Harris WOR5832.0%
Jill Stein (Write-In)290.1%
Chase Oliver (Write-In)180.1%
Claudia De la Cruz (Write In)70.0%
Peter Sonski (Write In)40.0%
Shiva Ayyadurai (Write-In)00.0%
Chris Garrity (Write-In)00.0%
Garry Hubbard (Write-In)00.0%
Andre Ramon McNeil Sr (Write-In)00.0%
Andrew O'Donnell (Write-In)00.0%
Future Madam Potus (Write-In)00.0%
Raymond Anthony Scollin (Write In)00.0%
Cornel West (Write-In)00.0%
Total29,024

Herkimer County was R+36.4 against D+12.6 statewide, 49.0 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)

TicketVotesShareBar
Donald J. Trump REP17,57159.9%
Joseph R. Biden DEM9,46232.3%
Donald J. Trump CON1,2994.4%
Joseph R. Biden WOR4751.6%
Jo Jorgensen Jeremy Cohen (LBT)2981.0%
Brock Pierce Karla Ballard (IND)1110.4%
Howie Hawkins Angela Nicole Walker (GRE)980.3%
Kanye West (Write-In)40.0%
Brian Carroll (Write-In)10.0%
Gloria La Riva (Write-In)——
Kasey Wells (Write-In)——
John Manimas (Write-In)——
Shawn Howard (Write-In)——
Phil Collins (Write-In)——
Paul Hodges (Write-In)——
Jade Simmons (Write-In)——
Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente (Write-In)——
Joseph Kishore (Write-In)——
David A. Martin (Write-In)——
Don Blankenship (Write-In)——
Barbara Bellar (Write-In)——
Joe McHugh (Write-In)——
Mark Charles (Write-In)——
Dario Hunter (Write-In)——
Richard Charles Montanye (Write-In)——
Total29,560

Herkimer County was R+30.5 against D+23.1 statewide, 53.6 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

TicketVotesShareBar
Donald J. Trump REP15,11057.6%
Hillary Clinton DEM7,70829.4%
Donald J. Trump CON1,5896.1%
Gary Johnson IND7402.8%
Stein / Baraka (GRN)4031.5%
Hillary Clinton WOR2621.0%
Gary Johnson LBT2621.0%
Hillary Clinton WEP1130.4%
Evan McMullin (write-in)490.2%
Darrell Castle (write-in)170.1%
Robert L. Buchanan (write-in)10.0%
Michael A. Maturen (write-in)10.0%
Arantxa Araujo (write-in)00.0%
Near R. Asherie (write-in)00.0%
Mark Blickley (write-in)00.0%
Gary S. Cairns (write-in)00.0%
Willie Carter (write-in)00.0%
Ariel Cohen (write-in)00.0%
William J. Connolly (write-in)00.0%
"Rocky" Roque De La Fuente (write-in)00.0%
Jason Fried (write-in)00.0%
Zoltan Istvan Gyurko (write-in)00.0%
Ben Hartnell (write-in)00.0%
Tom Hoefling (write-in)00.0%
Michael Frederick Ingbar (write-in)00.0%
Lynn Kahn (write-in)00.0%
Chris Keniston (write-in)00.0%
Gloria La Riva (write-in)00.0%
Jeffrey Mackler (write-in)00.0%
Monica Moorehead (write-in)00.0%
Jason Mutford (write-in)00.0%
Hillary Clinton write-in00.0%
Marshall Schoenke (write-in)00.0%
Ryan Alan Scott (write-in)00.0%
Emidio Soltysik (write-in)00.0%
Tony Valdivia (write-in)00.0%
J. J. Vogel-Walcott (write-in)00.0%
Esther Welsh (write-in)00.0%
Barbara Whitaker (write-in)00.0%
Robert M. Wolff (write-in)00.0%
Total26,697

Herkimer County was R+32.8 against D+22.3 statewide, 55.1 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

TicketVotesShareBar
Mitt Romney REP12,16648.6%
Barack Obama DEM10,82643.2%
Mitt Romney CON1,1164.5%
Barack Obama WOR4471.8%
Johnson / Gray (LBT)2591.0%
Stein / Honkala (GRN)1720.7%
Goode / Clymer (CST)420.2%
Lindsay / Osorio (PSL)70.0%
Ross C. Anderson (write-in)00.0%
Avery L. Ayers (write-in)00.0%
Will Christensen (write-in)00.0%
Stephen Durham (write-in)00.0%
James Harris (write-in)00.0%
Tom Hoefling (write-in)00.0%
Merlin Miller (write-in)00.0%
Jill Reed (write-in)00.0%
Kevin Thorne (write-in)00.0%
Jerry White (write-in)00.0%
Total25,311

Herkimer County was R+8.1 against D+28.1 statewide, 36.2 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

TicketVotesShareBar
George W. Bush REP14,14751.1%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM12,22444.1%
All other candidates1,3344.8%
Total27,705

Herkimer County was R+7.0 against D+25.0 statewide, 32.0 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 Herkimer County, New York in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Herkimer County by 36.4 points, out of 28,725 votes counted for president.

Is Herkimer County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 36.4 points; 2020: Republican by 30.5 points; 2016: Republican by 32.8 points; 2012: Republican by 8.1 points; 2000: Republican by 7.0 points.

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

In 2024 it was 49.0 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 36.4 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