Rensselaer County, New York presidential election results

In 2024 Kamala Harris won Rensselaer County by 1.4 points, out of 78,736 votes for president.

Rensselaer 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	36,420	46.3%
Donald J. Trump REP	33,175	42.1%
Donald J. Trump CON	5,426	6.9%
Kamala Harris WOR	3,248	4.1%
Jill Stein (Write-In)	251	0.3%
Chase Oliver (Write-In)	90	0.1%
Claudia De la Cruz (Write In)	64	0.1%
Cornel West (Write-In)	30	0.0%
Peter Sonski (Write In)	26	0.0%
Shiva Ayyadurai (Write-In)	2	0.0%
Chris Garrity (Write-In)	2	0.0%
Andrew O'Donnell (Write-In)	2	0.0%
Garry Hubbard (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Andre Ramon McNeil Sr (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Future Madam Potus (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Raymond Anthony Scollin (Write In)	0	0.0%
Total	79,752

Rensselaer County was D+1.4 against D+12.6 statewide, 11.2 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
Joseph R. Biden DEM	37,558	47.4%
Donald J. Trump REP	32,143	40.5%
Donald J. Trump CON	4,357	5.5%
Joseph R. Biden WOR	3,411	4.3%
Jo Jorgensen Jeremy Cohen (LBT)	1,016	1.3%
Brock Pierce Karla Ballard (IND)	386	0.5%
Howie Hawkins Angela Nicole Walker (GRE)	374	0.5%
Kanye West (Write-In)	26	0.0%
Brian Carroll (Write-In)	9	0.0%
Gloria La Riva (Write-In)	3	0.0%
Mark Charles (Write-In)	2	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%
Dario Hunter (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Richard Charles Montanye (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Total	79,962

Rensselaer County was D+5.7 against D+23.1 statewide, 17.4 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	30,506	43.0%
Donald J. Trump REP	28,591	40.3%
Donald J. Trump CON	5,135	7.2%
Gary Johnson IND	1,959	2.8%
Hillary Clinton WOR	1,576	2.2%
Stein / Baraka (GRN)	1,355	1.9%
Gary Johnson LBT	985	1.4%
Hillary Clinton WEP	635	0.9%
Evan McMullin (write-in)	119	0.2%
Darrell Castle (write-in)	13	0.0%
Jason Mutford (write-in)	11	0.0%
Gloria La Riva (write-in)	5	0.0%
Hillary Clinton write-in	5	0.0%
Lynn Kahn (write-in)	4	0.0%
Chris Keniston (write-in)	4	0.0%
Michael A. Maturen (write-in)	4	0.0%
William J. Connolly (write-in)	1	0.0%
"Rocky" Roque De La Fuente (write-in)	1	0.0%
Jason Fried (write-in)	1	0.0%
Michael Frederick Ingbar (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%
Zoltan Istvan Gyurko (write-in)	0	0.0%
Ben Hartnell (write-in)	0	0.0%
Tom Hoefling (write-in)	0	0.0%
Jeffrey Mackler (write-in)	0	0.0%
Monica Moorehead (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	72,135

Rensselaer County was R+1.5 against D+22.3 statewide, 23.8 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	35,373	52.0%
Mitt Romney REP	24,903	36.6%
Mitt Romney CON	4,210	6.2%
Barack Obama WOR	2,035	3.0%
Johnson / Gray (LBT)	754	1.1%
Stein / Honkala (GRN)	612	0.9%
Goode / Clymer (CST)	80	0.1%
Lindsay / Osorio (PSL)	19	0.0%
Ross C. Anderson (write-in)	4	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	68,572

Rensselaer County was D+12.2 against D+28.1 statewide, 15.9 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	34,808	50.9%
George W. Bush REP	29,562	43.2%
All other candidates	4,066	5.9%
Total	68,436

Rensselaer County was D+7.7 against D+25.0 statewide, 17.3 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 Rensselaer County, New York in 2024?

Kamala Harris won Rensselaer County by 1.4 points, out of 78,736 votes counted for president.

Is Rensselaer County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Democratic by 1.4 points; 2020: Democratic by 5.7 points; 2016: Republican by 1.5 points; 2012: Democratic by 12.2 points; 2000: Democratic by 7.7 points.

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

In 2024 it was 11.2 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Democratic by 1.4 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