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The State of New York is a blue state, or a state where Democratic Party candidates typically win elections. As of 2025, there are more than twice as many enrolled Democratic voters as there are enrolled Republican voters in New York. Democratic candidates prevailed in New York in every presidential election from 1988 to 2024. As of 2025, no Republican candidate had won a statewide election in New York since George Pataki was re-elected governor in 2002.
As of 2026, Democrat Kathy Hochul is the governor of New York; she has served in that capacity since 2021. Democrat Antonio Delgado has served as lieutenant governor since 2022, Democrat Letitia James has served as New York attorney general since 2019, and Democrat Tom DiNapoli has served as New York state comptroller since 2007. New York's two U.S. senators are Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (a Democrat serving as a U.S. senator from New York since 1999) and Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand (serving since 2009). New York is represented by 19 Democrats and seven Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives. The New York State Senate has been led by the Democratic Party since 2019, while the New York State Assembly has been led by the Democrats since 1975.
The State of New York has the distinction of having been the home state for both major-party nominees in three presidential elections. The 1904 presidential election saw former New York Governor and incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt face Alton B. Parker, chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals. The 1944 presidential election had Franklin D. Roosevelt, following in his cousin Theodore's footsteps as former New York Governor and incumbent president running for re-election against the then-incumbent New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey. In the 2016 presidential election, former United States Senator from New York Hillary Clinton, a resident of Chappaqua, was the Democratic Party nominee. The Republican Party nominee was businessman Donald Trump, a resident of Manhattan and a native of Queens.
This page contains party enrollment data as well as certain gubernatorial and presidential election results from New York's history.
Party enrollment
{| class=wikitable
! colspan="6" |New York party enrollment data as of February 20, 2025:
|-
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Party
! rowspan="2" |%
! colspan="2" | Total voters
! rowspan="2" |Total
|-
!Active
!Inactive
|-
|
! Democratic
| align="center" | 47.90
| align="center" | 5,896,984
| 403,434
| 6,300,418
|-
|
! Republican
| align="center" | 22.63
| align="center" | 2,845,295
| 131,446
| 2,976,741
|-
|
!Conservative
| align="center" | 1.27
| align="center" | 160,125
| 7,107
| 167,232
|-
|
!Working Families
| align="center" | 0.44
| align="center" | 55,804
| 2,989
| 58,793
|-
|
!Minor parties
| align="center" | 2.72
| align="center" | 336,758
| 21,480
| 358,238
|-
|
! Unaffiliated
| align="center" | 25.03
| align="center" | 3,108,039
| 184,092
| 3,292,131
|-
! colspan="2" | Total
! align="center" | 100%
! align="center" | 12,403,005
! 750,548
! 13,153,553
|}
Presidential and gubernatorial election results
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+ New York vote|Gubernatorial election results
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
! Year
! Democratic
! Republican
|-
| |1950
| | 42.3% 2,246,855
| | 53.1% 2,819,523
|-
| |1954
| | 49.6% 2,560,738
| | 49.4% 2,549,613
|-
| |1958
| | 44.7% 2,553,895
| | 54.7% 3,126,929
|-
| |1962
| | 44.0% 2,552,418
| | 53.1% 3,081,587
|-
| |1966
| | 38.1% 2,298,363
| | 44.6% 2,690,626
|-
| |1970
| | 40.3% 2,421,426
| | 52.4% 3,151,432
|-
| |1974
| | 57.2% 3,028,503
| | 41.9% 2,219,667
|-
| |1978
| | 51.0% 2,429,272
| | 45.2% 2,156,404
|-
| |1982
| |50.9% 2,675,213
| | 47.5% 2,494,827
|-
| |1986
| | 64.6% 2,775,045
| | 31.8% 1,363,968
|-
| |1990
| | 53.2% 2,157,087
| | 21.4% 865,948
|-
| |1994
| | 45.5% 2,364,906
| | 48.8% 2,538,702
|-
| |1998
| | 33.2% 1,570,317
| | 54.3% 2,571,991
|-
| |2002
| | 33.5% 1,534,064
| | 49.4% 2,262,255
|-
| |2006
| | 69.6% 3,086,709
| | 28.7% 1,274,335
|-
| |2010
| | 62.5% 2,910,876
| | 33.2% 1,547,857
|-
| |2014
| | 54.2% 2,069,480
| | 40.2% 1,537,077
|-
| |2018
| | 59.6% 3,635,340
| | 36.2% 2,207,602
|-
| |2022
| | 52.4% 3,031,801
| | 46.7% 2,705,908
|-
|}
See also
- 2009 New York State Senate leadership crisis
- C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
- Elections in New York
- Electoral reform in New York
- Government of New York (state)
- Political party strength in New York (state)
Topics
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- Alcohol laws of New York
- Climate change policy of New York
- New York divorce law
- Gun laws in New York
- New York energy law
- LGBT rights in New York
- Capital punishment in New York
- Rent control in New York
References
Further reading
- Paterson, David "Black, Blind, & In Charge: A Story of Visionary Leadership and Overcoming Adversity." Skyhorse Publishing. New York, New York, 2020.