Putnam County, New York presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Putnam County by 13.6 points, out of 55,765 votes for president.

Putnam 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	28,858	51.7%
Kamala Harris DEM	22,839	41.0%
Donald J. Trump CON	2,695	4.8%
Kamala Harris WOR	1,117	2.0%
Jill Stein (Write-In)	172	0.3%
Chase Oliver (Write-In)	40	0.1%
Claudia De la Cruz (Write In)	22	0.0%
Cornel West (Write-In)	13	0.0%
Peter Sonski (Write In)	8	0.0%
Shiva Ayyadurai (Write-In)	1	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	56,421

Putnam County was R+13.6 against D+12.6 statewide, 26.2 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	26,465	48.1%
Joseph R. Biden DEM	23,233	42.3%
Donald J. Trump CON	2,818	5.1%
Joseph R. Biden WOR	1,720	3.1%
Jo Jorgensen Jeremy Cohen (LBT)	411	0.7%
Howie Hawkins Angela Nicole Walker (GRE)	162	0.3%
Brock Pierce Karla Ballard (IND)	155	0.3%
Kanye West (Write-In)	15	0.0%
Brian Carroll (Write-In)	6	0.0%
Gloria La Riva (Write-In)	2	0.0%
Kasey Wells (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente (Write-In)	1	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%
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	55,318

Putnam County was R+7.9 against D+23.1 statewide, 31.0 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	23,905	49.6%
Hillary Clinton DEM	18,324	38.0%
Donald J. Trump CON	3,119	6.5%
Hillary Clinton WOR	806	1.7%
Gary Johnson IND	751	1.6%
Stein / Baraka (GRN)	590	1.2%
Gary Johnson LBT	420	0.9%
Hillary Clinton WEP	236	0.5%
Evan McMullin (write-in)	52	0.1%
Darrell Castle (write-in)	3	0.0%
Chris Keniston (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%
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%
Michael Frederick Ingbar (write-in)	0	0.0%
Lynn Kahn (write-in)	0	0.0%
Gloria La Riva (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%
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	48,865

Putnam County was R+15.9 against D+22.3 statewide, 38.2 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	20,925	47.3%
Barack Obama DEM	18,539	41.9%
Mitt Romney CON	3,158	7.1%
Barack Obama WOR	973	2.2%
Johnson / Gray (LBT)	397	0.9%
Stein / Honkala (GRN)	209	0.5%
Goode / Clymer (CST)	37	0.1%
Lindsay / Osorio (PSL)	10	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	44,503

Putnam County was R+10.3 against D+28.1 statewide, 38.4 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	21,853	51.4%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	18,525	43.5%
All other candidates	2,169	5.1%
Total	42,547

Putnam County was R+7.9 against D+25.0 statewide, 32.9 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 Putnam County, New York in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Putnam County by 13.6 points, out of 55,765 votes counted for president.

Is Putnam County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 13.6 points; 2020: Republican by 7.9 points; 2016: Republican by 15.9 points; 2012: Republican by 10.3 points; 2000: Republican by 7.9 points.

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

In 2024 it was 26.2 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 13.6 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