Jefferson County, New York presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Jefferson County by 23.6 points, out of 42,843 votes for president.

Jefferson 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	24,554	57.3%
Kamala Harris DEM	15,562	36.3%
Donald J. Trump CON	1,863	4.3%
Kamala Harris WOR	764	1.8%
Jill Stein (Write-In)	50	0.1%
Chase Oliver (Write-In)	26	0.1%
Peter Sonski (Write In)	12	0.0%
Claudia De la Cruz (Write In)	6	0.0%
Cornel West (Write-In)	5	0.0%
Chris Garrity (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Shiva Ayyadurai (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	43,311

Jefferson County was R+23.6 against D+12.6 statewide, 36.2 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	24,019	54.8%
Joseph R. Biden DEM	16,679	38.0%
Donald J. Trump CON	1,610	3.7%
Joseph R. Biden WOR	628	1.4%
Jo Jorgensen Jeremy Cohen (LBT)	537	1.2%
Brock Pierce Karla Ballard (IND)	189	0.4%
Howie Hawkins Angela Nicole Walker (GRE)	186	0.4%
Kanye West (Write-In)	4	0.0%
Brian Carroll (Write-In)	3	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%
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	44,129

Jefferson County was R+18.9 against D+23.1 statewide, 42.0 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	19,894	52.4%
Hillary Clinton DEM	13,150	34.7%
Donald J. Trump CON	1,869	4.9%
Gary Johnson IND	1,238	3.3%
Stein / Baraka (GRN)	617	1.6%
Hillary Clinton WOR	466	1.2%
Gary Johnson LBT	432	1.1%
Hillary Clinton WEP	193	0.5%
Evan McMullin (write-in)	60	0.2%
Darrell Castle (write-in)	15	0.0%
Michael A. Maturen (write-in)	5	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%
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%
Ben Hartnell (write-in)	0	0.0%
Tom Hoefling (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%
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%
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	38,613

Jefferson County was R+21.0 against D+22.3 statewide, 43.3 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
Mitt Romney REP	16,435	46.0%
Barack Obama DEM	16,231	45.5%
Mitt Romney CON	1,687	4.7%
Barack Obama WOR	868	2.4%
Johnson / Gray (LBT)	271	0.8%
Stein / Honkala (GRN)	151	0.4%
Goode / Clymer (CST)	61	0.2%
Lindsay / Osorio (PSL)	4	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	36,196

Jefferson County was R+2.9 against D+28.1 statewide, 31.0 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	18,192	50.0%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	16,799	46.1%
All other candidates	1,427	3.9%
Total	36,418

Jefferson County was R+3.9 against D+25.0 statewide, 28.9 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 Jefferson County, New York in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Jefferson County by 23.6 points, out of 42,843 votes counted for president.

Is Jefferson County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 23.6 points; 2020: Republican by 18.9 points; 2016: Republican by 21.0 points; 2012: Republican by 2.9 points; 2000: Republican by 3.9 points.

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

In 2024 it was 36.2 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 23.6 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