Election Results for Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area -- RightDataUSA.com

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	35,467	11.0
Deaths:	42,504	13.2
Net Migration:	-8,487	-2.6
Net Immigration:	3,805	1.2

Recent Trends
	Votes	Δ Margin	Swing %
2020 vs. 2016	R +28,731	D +46,856	D + 7.2%
D +75,587
2020 vs. 2012	R +74,815	R +45,577	R + 6.6%
D +29,238
2020 vs. 2008	R +57,716	R +62,867	R + 8.6%
D -5,151

2016 vs. 2008	R +28,985	R +109,723	R + 15.8%
D -80,738
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Year	Turnout	Winner			Runner-Up			Other		Total Votes	Diff (US)	PUSV
2020	62%	Donald Trump* (R)	390,985	49.6%	Joe Biden (D)	381,423	48.4%	15,378 [+]	2.0%	787,786	3	0.50%
[-] Other candidates in 2020: Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) 8,537 (1.1%);
2016	55%	Donald Trump (R)	362,254	51.4%	Hillary Clinton (D)	305,836	43.4%	36,462 [+]	5.2%	704,552	6	0.51%
[-] Other candidates in 2016: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 23,014 (3.3%); Jill Stein (Grn) 10,000 (1.4%); Evan McMullin (I) 1,078 (0.2%);
2012	54%	Barack Obama* (D)	352,185	51.7%	Mitt Romney (R)	316,170	46.4%	12,645 [+]	1.9%	681,000	-1	0.53%
[-] Other candidates in 2012: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 6,291 (0.9%);
2008	58%	Barack Obama (D)	386,574	52.8%	John McCain (R)	333,269	45.5%	11,941 [+]	1.6%	731,784	0	0.56%
[-] Other candidates in 2008: Ralph Nader (I) 7,191 (1.0%); Bob Barr (Lbt) 2,451 (0.3%);
2004	59%	John Kerry (D)	377,015	50.7%	George W. Bush* (R)	351,697	47.3%	15,200 [+]	2.0%	743,912	-3	0.61%
[-] Other candidates in 2004: Ralph Nader (I) 13,300 (1.8%);
2000	57%	Albert Gore, Jr. (D)	364,853	51.3%	George W. Bush (R)	308,999	43.4%	37,668 [+]	5.3%	711,520	-4	0.67%
[-] Other candidates in 2000: Ralph Nader (Grn) 27,557 (3.9%); Pat Buchanan (Ref) 5,489 (0.8%);
1996	54%	Bill Clinton* (D)	344,935	50.6%	Robert Dole (R)	241,835	35.4%	95,557 [+]	14.0%	682,327	-5	0.71%
[-] Other candidates in 1996: Ross Perot (Ref) 84,276 (12.4%); Ralph Nader (Grn) 6,174 (0.9%); Harry Browne (Lbt) 1,130 (0.2%);
1992	59%	Bill Clinton (D)	293,791	39.3%	George Bush* (R)	240,859	32.2%	212,828 [+]	28.5%	747,478	-5	0.72%
[-] Other candidates in 1992: Ross Perot (I) 208,314 (27.9%);
1988	55%	Michael Dukakis (D)	354,960	50.6%	George Bush (R)	340,962	48.6%	5,248 [+]	0.7%	701,170	-5	0.77%
[-] Other candidates in 1988: Ron Paul (Lbt) 1,073 (0.2%);
1984	59%	Ronald Reagan* (R)	406,908	54.3%	Walter Mondale (D)	340,865	45.5%	1,931	0.3%	749,704	-5	0.81%
[-] Other candidates in 1984:
1980	55%	Jimmy Carter* (D)	326,396	47.2%	Ronald Reagan (R)	306,291	44.3%	58,772 [+]	8.5%	691,459	-6	0.80%
[-] Other candidates in 1980: John Anderson (I) 47,483 (6.9%); Edward Clark (Lbt) 7,301 (1.1%);
1976	60%	Gerald Ford* (R)	378,799	51.5%	Jimmy Carter (D)	352,287	47.9%	4,779 [+]	0.6%	735,865	3	0.90%
[-] Other candidates in 1976: Eugene McCarthy (I) 171 (0.0%);
1972	61%	Richard Nixon* (R)	439,338	57.4%	George McGovern (D)	322,660	42.2%	3,062 [+]	0.4%	765,060	-3	0.98%
[-] Other candidates in 1972: John Schmitz (Amer) 257 (0.0%);
1968	62%	Hubert Humphrey (D)	363,185	50.2%	Richard Nixon (R)	306,937	42.5%	52,787 [+]	7.3%	722,909	-1	0.99%
[-] Other candidates in 1968: George Wallace (AIP) 49,649 (6.9%);
1964	66%	Lyndon Johnson* (D)	535,902	70.5%	Barry Goldwater (R)	223,249	29.4%	1,079	0.1%	760,230	-9	1.08%
[-] Other candidates in 1964:
1960	70%	John Kennedy (D)	408,951	51.1%	Richard Nixon (R)	390,610	48.8%	685	0.1%	800,246	-1	1.16%
[-] Other candidates in 1960:
1956	66%	Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	502,503	66.7%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	250,897	33.3%	171	0.0%	753,571	9	1.22%
[-] Other candidates in 1956:
1952	69%	Dwight Eisenhower (R)	452,805	60.5%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	293,682	39.3%	1,544	0.2%	748,031	5	1.21%
[-] Other candidates in 1952:
1948	61%	Thomas Dewey (R)	317,857	50.9%	Harry Truman* (D)	290,475	46.5%	16,648 [+]	2.7%	624,980	6	1.28%
[-] Other candidates in 1948: Henry Wallace (Prog) 14,013 (2.2%); Strom Thurmond (StsRts) 0 (0.0%);
1944	65%	Thomas Dewey (R)	339,931	53.5%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	293,057	46.1%	2,205	0.3%	635,193	8	1.32%
[-] Other candidates in 1944:
1940	68%	Wendell Willkie (R)	351,338	54.9%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	286,815	44.8%	1,915	0.3%	640,068	10	1.28%
[-] Other candidates in 1940:
1936	69%	Alf Landon (R)	298,327	50.4%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	281,133	47.5%	12,593 [+]	2.1%	592,053	14	1.30%
[-] Other candidates in 1936: Norman Thomas (Soc) 11,071 (1.9%); William Lemke (Union) 551 (0.1%);
1932	59%	Herbert Hoover* (R)	277,619	55.2%	Franklin Roosevelt (D)	206,996	41.1%	18,745 [+]	3.7%	503,360	16	1.27%
[-] Other candidates in 1932: Norman Thomas (Soc) 16,338 (3.2%);
1928	65%	Herbert Hoover (R)	307,190	59.8%	Al Smith (D)	189,618	36.9%	17,234 [+]	3.4%	514,042	2	1.40%
[-] Other candidates in 1928: Norman Thomas (Soc) 16,393 (3.2%);
1924	50%	Calvin Coolidge (R)	240,162	64.0%	John Davis (D)	74,210	19.8%	60,713 [+]	16.2%	375,085	10	1.29%
[-] Other candidates in 1924: Robert LaFollette (Prog) 56,708 (15.1%);
1920	45%	Warren Harding (R)	214,487	67.1%	James Cox (D)	75,014	23.5%	30,230 [+]	9.5%	319,731	7	1.19%
[-] Other candidates in 1920: Eugene Debs (Soc) 23,329 (7.3%); Aaron Watkins (Proh) 5,164 (1.6%); Parley Christiansen (FL) 896 (0.3%);
1916	32%	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	116,385	55.6%	Woodrow Wilson* (D)	83,906	40.1%	9,033 [+]	4.3%	209,324	10	1.13%
[-] Other candidates in 1916: Allan Benson (Soc) 4,807 (2.3%); James Hanly (Proh) 3,691 (1.8%);
1912	29%	Woodrow Wilson (D)	65,234	35.1%	Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)	54,429	29.3%	66,347 [+]	35.7%	186,010	5	1.24%
[-] Other candidates in 1912: William Taft* (R) 52,473 (28.2%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 8,827 (4.7%); Eugene Chafin (Proh) 4,187 (2.3%);
1908	36%	William Taft (R)	120,553	56.8%	William J. Bryan (D)	82,848	39.0%	8,946 [+]	4.2%	212,347	5	1.43%
[-] Other candidates in 1908: Eugene Chafin (Proh) 4,671 (2.2%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 3,075 (1.4%); Thomas Hisgen (I) 725 (0.3%);
1904	36%	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	120,446	60.9%	Alton Parker (D)	67,640	34.2%	9,712 [+]	4.9%	197,798	4	1.46%
[-] Other candidates in 1904: Silas Swallow (Proh) 4,931 (2.5%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 3,228 (1.6%); Thomas Watson (Pop) 483 (0.2%);
1900	38%	William McKinley* (R)	111,212	56.6%	William J. Bryan (D)	78,652	40.0%	6,618 [+]	3.4%	196,482	5	1.41%
[-] Other candidates in 1900: John Woolley (Proh) 4,786 (2.4%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 619 (0.3%);

* incumbent PSV: percent of state vote

2020 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Joe Biden (D)

381,423

48.4%

Donald Trump* (R)

390,985

49.6%

Jo Jorgensen (Lbt)

8,537

1.1%

Other

6,841

0.9%

TOTAL

787,786

Turnout: 62%	Diff (US): 3

2016 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Hillary Clinton (D)

305,836

43.4%

Donald Trump (R)

362,254

51.4%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

23,014

3.3%

Jill Stein (Grn)

10,000

1.4%

Evan McMullin (I)

1,078

0.2%

Other

2,370

0.3%

TOTAL

704,552

Turnout: 55%	Diff (US): 6

2012 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama* (D)

352,185

51.7%

Mitt Romney (R)

316,170

46.4%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

6,291

0.9%

Other

6,354

0.9%

TOTAL

681,000

Turnout: 54%	Diff (US): -1

2008 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama (D)

386,574

52.8%

John McCain (R)

333,269

45.5%

Ralph Nader (I)

7,191

1.0%

Bob Barr (Lbt)

2,451

0.3%

Other

2,299

0.3%

TOTAL

731,784

Turnout: 58%	Diff (US): 0

2004 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush* (R)

351,697

47.3%

John Kerry (D)

377,015

50.7%

Ralph Nader (I)

13,300

1.8%

Other

1,900

0.3%

TOTAL

743,912

Turnout: 59%	Diff (US): -3

2000 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush (R)

308,999

43.4%

Albert Gore, Jr. (D)

364,853

51.3%

Ralph Nader (Grn)

27,557

3.9%

Pat Buchanan (Ref)

5,489

0.8%

Other

4,622

0.6%

TOTAL

711,520

Turnout: 57%	Diff (US): -4

1996 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton* (D)

344,935

50.6%

Robert Dole (R)

241,835

35.4%

Ross Perot (Ref)

84,276

12.4%

Ralph Nader (Grn)

6,174

0.9%

Harry Browne (Lbt)

1,130

0.2%

Other

3,977

0.6%

TOTAL

682,327

Turnout: 54%	Diff (US): -5

1992 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton (D)

293,791

39.3%

George Bush* (R)

240,859

32.2%

Ross Perot (I)

208,314

27.9%

Other

4,514

0.6%

TOTAL

747,478

Turnout: 59%	Diff (US): -5

1988 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George Bush (R)

340,962

48.6%

Michael Dukakis (D)

354,960

50.6%

Ron Paul (Lbt)

1,073

0.2%

Other

4,175

0.6%

TOTAL

701,170

Turnout: 55%	Diff (US): -5

1984 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan* (R)

406,908

54.3%

Walter Mondale (D)

340,865

45.5%

Other

1,931

0.3%

TOTAL

749,704

Turnout: 59%	Diff (US): -5

1980 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan (R)

306,291

44.3%

Jimmy Carter* (D)

326,396

47.2%

John Anderson (I)

47,483

6.9%

Edward Clark (Lbt)

7,301

1.1%

Other

3,988

0.6%

TOTAL

691,459

Turnout: 55%	Diff (US): -6

1976 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Jimmy Carter (D)

352,287

47.9%

Gerald Ford* (R)

378,799

51.5%

Eugene McCarthy (I)

171

0.0%

Other

4,608

0.6%

TOTAL

735,865

Turnout: 60%	Diff (US): 3

1972 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon* (R)

439,338

57.4%

George McGovern (D)

322,660

42.2%

John Schmitz (Amer)

257

0.0%

Other

2,805

0.4%

TOTAL

765,060

Turnout: 61%	Diff (US): -3

1968 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon (R)

306,937

42.5%

Hubert Humphrey (D)

363,185

50.2%

George Wallace (AIP)

49,649

6.9%

Other

3,138

0.4%

TOTAL

722,909

Turnout: 62%	Diff (US): -1

1964 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Lyndon Johnson* (D)

535,902

70.5%

Barry Goldwater (R)

223,249

29.4%

Other

1,079

0.1%

TOTAL

760,230

Turnout: 66%	Diff (US): -9

1960 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

John Kennedy (D)

408,951

51.1%

Richard Nixon (R)

390,610

48.8%

Other

685

0.1%

TOTAL

800,246

Turnout: 70%	Diff (US): -1

1956 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower* (R)

502,503

66.7%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

250,897

33.3%

Other

171

0.0%

TOTAL

753,571

Turnout: 66%	Diff (US): 9

1952 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower (R)

452,805

60.5%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

293,682

39.3%

Other

1,544

0.2%

TOTAL

748,031

Turnout: 69%	Diff (US): 5

1948 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Harry Truman* (D)

290,475

46.5%

Thomas Dewey (R)

317,857

50.9%

Henry Wallace (Prog)

14,013

2.2%

Other

2,635

0.4%

TOTAL

624,980

Turnout: 61%	Diff (US): 6

1944 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

293,057

46.1%

Thomas Dewey (R)

339,931

53.5%

Other

2,205

0.3%

TOTAL

635,193

Turnout: 65%	Diff (US): 8

1940 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

286,815

44.8%

Wendell Willkie (R)

351,338

54.9%

Other

1,915

0.3%

TOTAL

640,068

Turnout: 68%	Diff (US): 10

1936 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

281,133

47.5%

Alf Landon (R)

298,327

50.4%

William Lemke (Union)

551

0.1%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

11,071

1.9%

Other

971

0.2%

TOTAL

592,053

Turnout: 69%	Diff (US): 14

1932 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt (D)

206,996

41.1%

Herbert Hoover* (R)

277,619

55.2%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

16,338

3.2%

Other

2,407

0.5%

TOTAL

503,360

Turnout: 59%	Diff (US): 16

1928 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Herbert Hoover (R)

307,190

59.8%

Al Smith (D)

189,618

36.9%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

16,393

3.2%

Other

841

0.2%

TOTAL

514,042

Turnout: 65%	Diff (US): 2

1924 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Calvin Coolidge (R)

240,162

64.0%

John Davis (D)

74,210

19.8%

Robert LaFollette (Prog)

56,708

15.1%

Other

4,005

1.1%

TOTAL

375,085

Turnout: 50%	Diff (US): 10

1920 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Warren Harding (R)

214,487

67.1%

James Cox (D)

75,014

23.5%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

23,329

7.3%

Parley Christiansen (FL)

896

0.3%

Aaron Watkins (Proh)

5,164

1.6%

Other

841

0.3%

TOTAL

319,731

Turnout: 45%	Diff (US): 7

1916 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson* (D)

83,906

40.1%

Charles Evans Hughes (R)

116,385

55.6%

Allan Benson (Soc)

4,807

2.3%

James Hanly (Proh)

3,691

1.8%

Other

535

0.3%

TOTAL

209,324

Turnout: 32%	Diff (US): 10

1912 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson (D)

65,234

35.1%

Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)

54,429

29.3%

William Taft* (R)

52,473

28.2%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

8,827

4.7%

Eugene Chafin (Proh)

4,187

2.3%

Other

860

0.5%

TOTAL

186,010

Turnout: 29%	Diff (US): 5

1908 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William Taft (R)

120,553

56.8%

William J. Bryan (D)

82,848

39.0%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

3,075

1.4%

Eugene Chafin (Proh)

4,671

2.2%

Thomas Hisgen (I)

725

0.3%

Other

475

0.2%

TOTAL

212,347

Turnout: 36%	Diff (US): 5

1904 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Theodore Roosevelt (R)

120,446

60.9%

Alton Parker (D)

67,640

34.2%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

3,228

1.6%

Silas Swallow (Proh)

4,931

2.5%

Thomas Watson (Pop)

483

0.2%

Other

1,070

0.5%

TOTAL

197,798

Turnout: 36%	Diff (US): 4

1900 President, Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William McKinley* (R)

111,212

56.6%

William J. Bryan (D)

78,652

40.0%

John Woolley (Proh)

4,786

2.4%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

619

0.3%

Other

1,213

0.6%

TOTAL

196,482

Turnout: 38%	Diff (US): 5

* incumbent

2022 Census data
White:	1,270,229	79.24%	4.7%
Black:	149,899	9.35%	2.8%
Indian:	11,910	0.74%	4.1%
Asian:	51,554	3.22%	82.2%
2+ races:	32,517	2.03%	38.0%
Hispanic:	86,848	5.42%	39.5%

Total non-White:	332,728	20.76%	21.9%

Change in White population:	-62,576	-3.9
Change in Non-White pop.:	59,832	3.7

Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area

Historical Presidential Election Results for Buffalo, NY-PA Market Area