Schenectady County, New York presidential election results

In 2024 Kamala Harris won Schenectady County by 10.8 points, out of 72,165 votes for president.

Schenectady 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	37,294	51.7%
Donald J. Trump REP	27,448	38.0%
Donald J. Trump CON	4,527	6.3%
Kamala Harris WOR	2,439	3.4%
Jill Stein (Write-In)	321	0.4%
Chase Oliver (Write-In)	70	0.1%
Claudia De la Cruz (Write In)	27	0.0%
Cornel West (Write-In)	22	0.0%
Peter Sonski (Write In)	11	0.0%
Shiva Ayyadurai (Write-In)	4	0.0%
Chris Garrity (Write-In)	2	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	73,112

Schenectady County was D+10.8 against D+12.6 statewide, 1.8 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	39,930	53.3%
Donald J. Trump REP	26,737	35.7%
Donald J. Trump CON	4,004	5.3%
Joseph R. Biden WOR	2,535	3.4%
Jo Jorgensen Jeremy Cohen (LBT)	923	1.2%
Howie Hawkins Angela Nicole Walker (GRE)	352	0.5%
Brock Pierce Karla Ballard (IND)	345	0.5%
Brian Carroll (Write-In)	16	0.0%
Kanye West (Write-In)	13	0.0%
Gloria La Riva (Write-In)	2	0.0%
Jade Simmons (Write-In)	2	0.0%
Don Blankenship (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Mark Charles (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Dario Hunter (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%
Barbara Bellar (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Joe McHugh (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Richard Charles Montanye (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Total	75,381

Schenectady County was D+15.6 against D+23.1 statewide, 7.5 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	32,072	48.1%
Donald J. Trump REP	25,203	37.8%
Donald J. Trump CON	3,750	5.6%
Gary Johnson IND	1,770	2.7%
Hillary Clinton WOR	1,165	1.7%
Stein / Baraka (GRN)	1,127	1.7%
Gary Johnson LBT	854	1.3%
Hillary Clinton WEP	510	0.8%
Evan McMullin (write-in)	132	0.2%
Darrell Castle (write-in)	17	0.0%
Jason Mutford (write-in)	12	0.0%
Hillary Clinton write-in	5	0.0%
Tom Hoefling (write-in)	4	0.0%
Michael A. Maturen (write-in)	4	0.0%
Willie Carter (write-in)	2	0.0%
Robert L. Buchanan (write-in)	1	0.0%
Ariel Cohen (write-in)	1	0.0%
William J. Connolly (write-in)	1	0.0%
Zoltan Istvan Gyurko (write-in)	1	0.0%
Ben Hartnell (write-in)	1	0.0%
Lynn Kahn (write-in)	1	0.0%
Chris Keniston (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%
Gary S. Cairns (write-in)	0	0.0%
"Rocky" Roque De La Fuente (write-in)	0	0.0%
Jason Fried (write-in)	0	0.0%
Michael Frederick Ingbar (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%
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	67,905

Schenectady County was D+7.2 against D+22.3 statewide, 15.1 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

2012

New York 2012

Ticket	Votes	Share
Barack Obama DEM	35,330	54.5%
Mitt Romney REP	22,952	35.4%
Mitt Romney CON	3,616	5.6%
Barack Obama WOR	1,514	2.3%
Johnson / Gray (LBT)	692	1.1%
Stein / Honkala (GRN)	514	0.8%
Goode / Clymer (CST)	131	0.2%
Lindsay / Osorio (PSL)	19	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	65,356

Schenectady County was D+15.9 against D+28.1 statewide, 12.2 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

2000

New York 2000

Ticket	Votes	Share
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	35,534	53.1%
George W. Bush REP	27,961	41.8%
All other candidates	3,451	5.2%
Total	66,946

Schenectady County was D+11.3 against D+25.0 statewide, 13.7 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 Schenectady County, New York in 2024?

Kamala Harris won Schenectady County by 10.8 points, out of 72,165 votes counted for president.

Is Schenectady County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Democratic by 10.8 points; 2020: Democratic by 15.6 points; 2016: Democratic by 7.2 points; 2012: Democratic by 15.9 points; 2000: Democratic by 11.3 points.

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

In 2024 it was 1.8 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Democratic by 10.8 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