Registered members of each party only voted in their party's primary, while voters who were unaffiliated with either party didn't vote in the primary. On April 19, 2016, in the presidential primaries, New York voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic and Republican parties' respective nominees for president. Primary elections Hillary Clinton at her 2016 campaign kickoff on Roosevelt Island This is also the first time since 1988 in which New York did not vote for the same candidate as neighboring Pennsylvania. Trump is also the first Republican presidential candidate to win the White House without carrying Dutchess County since Ulysses S. He thus became the first major presidential candidate since Nixon to have New York as his state of residence during his first presidential nomination but register another home state for his next presidential bid. The election also marks the most recent cycle in which Trump would be on the presidential ballot as a legal resident of New York state according to court filings, he registered Palm Beach, Florida, as his "primary residence" in 2019. Trump also became the fourth winning presidential candidate to lose his state of residence, after James K. Before Romney, the last nominee this happened to was Herbert Hoover in his home state of California during 1932. Trump became the second consecutive major-party presidential nominee to lose his home state by over 20 points, after Mitt Romney, who lost his home state of Massachusetts by a similar margin in 2012. Clinton has been a resident of Chappaqua in suburban Westchester County since 1999 and represented the state in the U.S. Trump was born and raised in New York City and has been long associated with the state. We’re tracking the remaining uncalled House races and showing when they are called as states continue to count the outstanding votes from the midterm elections. New York was the home state of both major party nominees, though Clinton was born and raised in Chicago. Clinton received a smaller vote share than outgoing President Barack Obama had in 2012, while Trump improved on Mitt Romney's performance despite losing the state by a large margin. Trump also flipped 19 counties that had voted for Barack Obama in 2012, tied with Minnesota for the third-most counties flipped in any state only Iowa and Wisconsin had more. However, Trump won more counties, taking 45 counties statewide compared to Clinton's 17. New York remained a blue state, with Clinton winning with 59.01% of the vote, while Trump received 36.52% of the vote, a 22.49% Democratic margin of victory. New York has 29 electoral votes in the Electoral College. New York voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. The 2016 United States presidential election in New York was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated.
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