NEW YORK 31 Electoral Votes
New York went from 33 electoral votes to 31 as a result of the 2000 Census
Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, New York State Board of Elections)
Total Population, July 2004 est. 19,227,088
Total Enrollment, Nov. 1, 2004 > 11,837,068
Dem. 5,534,574 (46.75%)   Rep. 3,209,082 (27.11%)   Ind'pce 323,063 (2.73%)   Cons'v. 160,337 (1.35%)    Lib'l. 80,344 (0.68%)   RtL 46,026 (0.39%)   Grn. 41,222 (0.35%)   WF 25,932 (0.22%)  Others 2,416,488 (20.41%)
New York has: 58 counties (this counts New York City as one county). 
Largest counties: Kings, Queens, New York, Suffolk, Nassau, Bronx.
Largest cities: New York, Buffalo, Yonkers, Syracuse, Albany.
...7.3 million of the 11.8 million enrolled voters are in the 57 counties outside NYC; 4.5 million are in the 5 boroughs of NYC.

Government
Governor: George E. Pataki (R) re-elected to a third term in 2002.
State Legislature: NY State Assembly: 150 seats   NY State Senate: 61 seats
Local: Cities, Counties   NACO Counties
U.S. House: 19D, 10R - 1. T.Bishop (D) | 2. S.Israel (D) | 3. P.King (R) | 4. C.McCarthy (D) | 5. G.Ackerman (D) | 6. G.Meeks (D) | 7. J.Crowley (D) | 8. J.Nadler (D) | 9. A.Weiner (D) | 10. E.Towns (D) | 11. M.Owens (D) | 12. N.Velázquez (D) | 13. V.Fossella (R) | 14. C.Maloney (D) | 15. C.Rangel (D) | 16. J.Serrano (D) | 17. E.Engel (D) | 18. N.Lowey (D) | 19. S.Kelly (R) | 20. J.Sweeney (R) | 21. M.McNulty (D) | 22. M.Hinchey (D) | 23. J.McHugh (R) | 24. S.Boehlert (R) | 25. J.Walsh (R) | 26. T.Reynolds (R) | 27. J.Quinn (R) | 28. L.Slaughter (D) | 29. A.Houghton (R). *lost 2 seats in 2002 as a result of the 2000 Census. >>
U.S. Senate: Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) elected in 2000, Charles E. Schumer (D) re-elected in 2004. 
Sen. Charles Schumer (D) easily won re-election, defeating Howard Mills (R) and several other candidates.  In U.S. House races, Assemblyman Brian Higgins (D) of South Buffalo was narrowly elected to the open 27th CD, and Attorney John R. "Randy" Kuhl, Jr. (R) of Steuben County was elected in the open 29th CD.  The Democratic pick-up in the 27th brings the delegation to 20D, 9R.

The Empire State
 

  State of New York
State Board of Elections

Green Party of NY State, (2)
Independence Party of NY
Libertarian Party of NY
Natural Law Party-NY
NY Republican State Comm.
NY State Democratic Party
NY Constitution Party

New York Times
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Media (Newsp.)
Media (TV)

Politics1-NY
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General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004
Bush/Cheney (Rep./Cons'v)
2,962,567
(40.08)
+Kerry/Edwards (Dem./WF)
4,314,280
(58.37)
Nader* (Ind'pce/P&J)
99,873
 (1.35)
Calero/Hawkins (SWP)
2,405
(0.03)
Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.)
11,607
(0.16)
Write In Candidates (5)
517
-
Total........7,391,249
*Nader/Pierce (Independence): 84,247 and Nader/Camejo (Peace And Justice): 15,626
Write Ins: David Cobb (138), Michael Halpin (4), John Joseph Kennedy (8), Michael A. Peroutka (363), Bill Van Auken (4)

Total incl. 57,017 Blank, Void, Scattering: 7,448,266

4,988,613 votes (67.0%) were cast in counties outside NYC and 
2,459,653 votes (33.0%) were cast in NYC.
 

 2004 Overview
Kerry finished with a plurality of 1,351,713 votes (18.29 percentage points).  

Outside of NYC Kerry outpolled Bush 2,486,265 to 2,375,033.  In NYC Kerry won with a plurality of 1.24 million votes (1,828,015 to 587,534).
Kerry/Allies  |  Bush-Cheney '04
General Election Details
(State Primary: September 14, 2004 )
 
Past Results
1996
Clinton (D/L)...........3,756,177 (59.47)
Dole (R/C/F)...........1,933,492 (30.61)
Perot (Ind.)................503,458
 (7.97)
Nader (Grn.)................75,956
(1.20)
Others (5)...................47,046
(0.75)
Blank/Scat................123,000
Total........6,439,129

1992
Clinton (D/L)...........3,444,450 (49.72)
Bush (R/C/RtL.)......2,346,649 (33.88)
Perot (NoPty).........1,090,721
 (15.75)
Others (4+w/ins).........45,113
(0.65)
Total........6,926,933

2000
Bush/Cheney (Rep./Cons'v)
2,403,374
(35.23)
+Gore/Lieberman (Dem/Lib'l/WF)
4,107,697
(60.21)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (Indp'ce)
24,361
(0.36)
Buchanan/Foster (RtL/BuchRef)
31,599
(0.46)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)
244,030
(3.58)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)
1,498
(0.02)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
7,649
(0.11)
Harris/Trowe (SWP)
1,789
(0.03)
Official Write Ins (5)
2
- 
Total........6,821,999

Total incl. 138,216 Blank, Void, Scattering: 6,960,215

4,691,713 votes (67.4%) were cast in counties outside NYC and 
2,268,502 votes (32.6%) were cast in NYC.

 2000 Overview
The presidential outcome was essentially a foregone conclusion. Statewide, Gore's plurality was 1,704,323 votes (24.98 percentage points). Outside New York City Bush carried 36 counties to 21 for Gore; Gore carried all five boroughs in NYC. 

Outside of NYC Gore outpolled Bush 2,404,333 to 2,004,648.  In NYC Gore won with a plurality of about 1.3 million votes (1,703,364 to 398,726).

In the really big race, the U.S. Senate campaign, Rick Lazio spent $40.1 million and Hillary Rodham Clinton spent $29.3 million.

General Election Activity
 
2004 Presidential Primary: Tuesday, March 2, 2004
  EDWARDS  KERRY   KUCINICH  SHARPTON   former GEPHARDT  LIEBERMAN  CLARK   DEAN

Ballot qualifying for the presidential primary  is done through petitioning by congressional district.

Deadline to register to vote in the March 2 primary is February 6, 2004.

"The Democratic Presidential Primary is really a 'dual primary.'  Candidates for president run against each other in a statewide primary, and delegates and alternate delegates run in each congressional district."

284 Delegates and 41 Alternates.  This is the second largest delegation to the Democratic National Convention.

 New York State Democratic Committee. Details.


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