United States presidential election, 2004, in New York

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In 2004, New York continued its trend of voting for the Democratic presidential candidate. Senator John F. Kerry defeated President George W. Bush by a margin of nearly 20%. Republicans last carried New York in the 1984 election.

A more nuanced interpretation of the results can be obtained by dividing the state into three regions:

New York City: The voters of the five boroughs were the main force responsible for Kerry's victory in the state. Kerry won New York City by an overwhelming 73.82% to 22.76% for Bush. However, in the mainly white, Catholic, and more suburban Staten Island borough, Bush won, the first time for a Republican since George H. W. Bush in 1992.

New York's suburban areas (here, Long Island, Westchester and Rockland counties): Traditionally Republican, this area went clearly Democratic through the past few decades, with the arrival of people from New York City. However, in this area where many voters commute to Manhattan, Bush did better than expected. Although he clearly lost these counties to Gore in 2000 with 39.55% to 56.42%, or 655,665 votes to 935,456, he only lost them by a close 46.13% to 52.30% to Kerry. While Bush won 167,397 more votes than in 2000, Kerry lost 2,437. This can be mainly explained by the concerns of suburban moderate voters about terrorism, an issue about which they trusted Bush more than Kerry.

Upstate New York: This region, including all of the counties that are not part of New York City or its suburbs, is the least liberal and Democratic region of the three. Its politics are very similar to those of Ohio or Pennsylvania, both key swing states and sharing conservative rural areas. Despite this characteristic, Senator Kerry still managed a slim victory in Upstate New York, with 1,553,246 votes to 1,551,971 for Bush. This was largely due to a Democratic tidal wave in the region's three largest cities--Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse.

Presidential Candidate	Running Mate	Party	Electoral Vote (EV)	Popular Vote (PV)
George W. Bush of Texas	Richard Cheney of Wyoming	Republican, Conservative	0	2,962,567	40.08%
John Kerry of Massachusetts	John Edwards of North Carolina	Democrat, Working Families	31	4,314,280	58.37%
Ralph Nader of Connecticut	Peter Miguel Camejo of California	Independent, Reform	0	99,873	1.35%
Michael Badnarik of Texas	Richard Campagna of Iowa	Libertarian	0	11,607	?
Others (including Badnarik)	-	-	0	15,021	0.20%
Other elections: 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008

Statewide winner in bold. See main article : U.S. presidential election, 2004.

[edit] Detailed results by county

County	John F. Kerry		George W. Bush		Others (including Nader)		Ralph Nader
Bronx	82.8%	283,994	16.5%	56,701	0.7%	2,284
New York (Manhattan)	82.1%	526,765	16.7%	107,405	1.2%	7,781
Kings (Brooklyn)	74.9%	514,973	24.3%	167,149	0.8%	5,762
Queens	71.7%	433,835	27.4%	165,954	0.9%	5,603
Tompkins	64.2%	27,229	33.0%	13,994	2.8%	1,179
Albany	60.7%	89,323	37.3%	54,872	2.0%	3,004
Westchester	58.1%	229,849	40.3%	159,628	1.6%	6,293
Erie	56.4%	251,090	41.4%	184,423	2.2%	9,625
Saint Lawrence	54.7%	22,857	43.2%	18,029	2.1%	869
Ulster	54.3%	47,602	43.1%	37,821	2.6%	2,289	2.31%
Onondaga	54.2%	116,381	43.8%	94,006	2.0%	4,202
Nassau	52.2%	323,070	46.6%	288,355	1.1%	6,918
Franklin	52.1%	9,543	45.8%	8,383	2.1%	390
Schenectady	51.8%	35,971	46.2%	32,066	2.1%	1,432
Columbia	51.2%	15,929	46.5%	14,457	2.3%	717
Monroe	50.6%	173,497	47.7%	163,545	1.7%	5,939
Broome	50.4%	46,281	47.4%	43,568	2.2%	2,041
Rensselaer	49.7%	36,075	47.9%	34,734	2.4%	1,705
Suffolk	49.5%	315,909	48.5%	309,949	2.0%	12,854
Niagara	49.3%	47,602	48.8%	47,111	1.9%	1,867
Rockland	48.9%	64,191	49.6%	65,130	1.5%	1,910
Cayuga	48.6%	17,534	49.2%	17,743	2.1%	775
Sullivan	48.6%	15,034	49.5%	15,319	2.0%	613
Otsego	47.7%	12,723	50.1%	13,342	2.2%	587
Dutchess	47.0%	58,232	51.2%	63,372	1.8%	2,277
Cortland	46.9%	10,670	51.0%	11,613	2.1%	477
Oswego	46.8%	24,133	51.0%	26,325	2.2%	1,149
Essex	45.9%	8,768	51.7%	9,869	2.3%	445
Saratoga	45.6%	48,730	52.5%	56,158	1.9%	1,985
Seneca	45.5%	6,979	52.1%	7,981	2.4%	365
Chautauqua	44.7%	27,257	53.2%	32,434	2.1%	1,251
Montgomery	44.5%	9,449	53.4%	11,338	2.0%	434
Orange	43.8%	63,394	54.7%	79,089	1.5%	2,190
Chemung	43.7%	17,080	54.6%	21,321	1.7%	674
Chenango	43.5%	9,277	54.3%	11,582	2.3%	482
Jefferson	43.5%	16,860	54.7%	21,231	1.8%	709
Madison	43.3%	13,121	54.6%	16,537	2.1%	629
Warren	43.2%'	13,405	54.6%	16,969	2.2%	685
Oneida	42.8%	40,792	54.9%	52,392	2.3%	2,185
Richmond (Staten Island)	42.7%	68,448	56.4%	90,325	0.9%	1,370
Washington	42.3%	10,624	55.1%	13,827	2.6%	652	2.27%
Ontario	42.2%	21,166	55.9%	27,999	1.9%	937
Putnam	42.0%	19,575	56.6%	26,356	1.4%	632
Fulton	41.4%	9,202	56.6%	12,570	2.0%	443
Delaware	41.2%	8,724	56.5%	11,958	2.3%	484
Herkimer	41.2%	11,675	56.6%	16,024	2.2%	611
Tioga	40.6%	9,694	57.6%	13,762	1.9%	446
Schuyler	40.1%	3,445	57.7%	4,960	2.2%	185
Greene	39.9%	8,933	58.0%	12,996	2.1%	469
Lewis	39.9%	4,546	58.1%	6,624	2.0%	227
Cattaraugus	39.4%	13,514	58.5%	20,051	2.0%	697
Yates	39.3%	4,205	58.9%	6,309	1.8%	197
Schoharie	38.7%	5,630	59.0%	8,591	2.3%	336
Livingston	38.4%	11,504	59.2%	17,729	2.4%	715
Wayne	38.1%	15,709	60.0%	24,709	1.9%	782
Genesee	37.5%	10,331	60.6%	16,725	1.9%	524
Orleans	36.0%	5,959	62.3%	10,317	1.8%	297
Steuben	34.3%	14,523	63.8%	26,980	1.8%	781
Allegany	34.1%	6,566	63.9%	12,310	2.0%	394
Wyoming	33.8%	6,134	64.7%	11,745	1.6%	285
Hamilton	31.0%	1,145	67.0%	2,475	2.0%	72