Electors who choose not to vote for the winner of the popular vote or the candidates of the party that nominated them are known as 'faithless electors.' Faithless electors are rare. Constitution does not dictate how presidential electors are to cast their votes, but, in general, electors are expected to vote for the winner of the popular vote in their state or the candidates of the party that nominated them to serve as electors. New York's share of electoral votes represented 5.3 percent of the 538 electoral votes up for grabs in the general election and 10.7 percent of the 270 votes needed to be elected president.

In 2016, New York had 29 electoral votes. House and one for each of their two Senators. Under this system, which is laid out in Article 2, Section 1, of the Constitution, each state is allocated one electoral vote for every member of their congressional delegation, meaning one for each member of the U.S. In fact, when Americans vote for president, they are actually voting for a slate of electors selected by members of Democratic and Republican state parties or nominated in some other fashion. The president of the United States is not elected by popular vote but rather by electors in the Electoral College. Electoral votes See also: Electoral College Those candidates included Roger Calero, various write-ins, Gloria LaRiva, Chuck Baldwin, Ron Paul, Alan Keyes, Brian Moore, and Jonathan Allen. Other candidates that appeared on the ballot received less than 0.1% of the vote.

Those candidates included Virgil Goode, Peta Lindsay, Ross Anderson, Thomas Hoefling, James Harris, Jerry White, Jill Ann Reed, and Merlin Miller. presidential election, New York, 2012Įlection results via: U.S. * An asterisk indicates that that candidate also won the national electoral vote in that election. Presidential election voting record in New York, 2000-2016 New York voted Democratic 56.67 percent of the time and Republican 43.33 percent of the time.The average accuracy of voting for winning presidential candidates for all 50 states in this time frame was 72.31 percent. New York voted for the winning presidential candidate 76.67 percent of the time.New York participated in 30 presidential elections.Presidential election voting record in New York, 1900-2016 National Archives and Records Administration and was compiled, here, by Ballotpedia, unless otherwise noted. The majority of statistical data is from the U.S. The state's accuracy is based on the number of times a state has voted for a winning presidential candidate. Historical election trends See also: Presidential election accuracyīelow is an analysis of New York's voting record in presidential elections. The political shift in these counties could have a broad impact on elections at every level of government for the next four years. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes, and had an average margin of victory of 11.45 percent. Pivot Counties See also: Pivot Counties: The counties that voted Obama-Obama-Trump from 2008-2016īallotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 20, in 34 states. presidential election, New York, 2016Įlection results via: Federal Election Commission Democratic and Republican primaries took place in New York on April 19, 2016. New York held an election for the president of the United States on November 8, 2016. 3.2 Presidential election voting record in New York, 2000-2016.3.1 Presidential election voting record in New York, 1900-2016.1.2 Presidential candidates on the ballot in New York.1 General election candidates and results.Rule 40 and its impact on the 2016 Republican National Convention.Presidential campaign key staff and advisors.Economic affairs and government regulations.CNN Republican debate: analysis and commentary.CNN Democratic debate: analysis and commentary.Insiders Poll: Winners and losers from the Fox News Republican Debate.Insiders Poll: First Democratic debate (October 13, 2015).September: Democratic control of Congress.September: Democratic control of the White House.The media's coverage of Hillary Clinton.Presidential campaign fundraising, 2008-2016.Ballot access for presidential candidates.

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