2022 population: 1,161,192
( 25,683 from 2010
, 5,702 from 2020)
Land area: 1565.1 square miles
Population density: 741.9 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 874,692 | 75.33% | 3.1% |
Black: | 139,555 | 12.02% | 3.8% |
Indian: | 7,476 | 0.64% | 1.9% |
Asian: | 48,310 | 4.16% | 88.4% |
2+ races: | 24,737 | 2.13% | 42.1% |
Hispanic: | 66,422 | 5.72% | 43.1% |
Total non-White: | 286,500 | 24.67% | 23.3% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
---|---|---|
Births: | 25,731 | 11.0 |
Deaths: | 30,338 | 13.0 |
Net Migration: | -5,210 | -2.2 |
Net Immigration: | 3,515 | 1.5 |
Change in White population: | -28,371 | -2.5 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 54,054 | 4.8 |
Recent Trends | ||||
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Votes | Δ Margin | Swing % | ||
2020 vs. 2016 | R +13,356 | D +48,928 | D + 8.3% | |
D +62,284 | ||||
2020 vs. 2012 | R +40,705 | R +8,748 | R + 3.3% | |
D +31,957 | ||||
2020 vs. 2008 | R +28,457 | R +18,760 | R + 4.3% | |
D +9,697 | ||||
2016 vs. 2008 | R +15,101 | R +67,688 | R + 12.6% | |
D -52,587 | ||||
How to interpret this table |
Year | Turnout | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff (US) | PUSV | |||||
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2020 | 62% | Joe Biden (D) | 313,299 | 54.2% | Donald Trump* (R) | 253,620 | 43.9% | 10,622 [+] | 1.8% | 577,541 | -3 | 0.36% |
2016 | 57% | Hillary Clinton (D) | 251,015 | 48.6% | Donald Trump (R) | 240,264 | 46.6% | 24,748 [+] | 4.8% | 516,027 | 1 | 0.38% |
2012 | 56% | Barack Obama* (D) | 281,342 | 55.9% | Mitt Romney (R) | 212,915 | 42.3% | 8,951 [+] | 1.8% | 503,208 | -5 | 0.39% |
2008 | 60% | Barack Obama (D) | 303,602 | 56.5% | John McCain (R) | 225,163 | 41.9% | 8,492 [+] | 1.6% | 537,257 | -4 | 0.41% |
2004 | 61% | John Kerry (D) | 298,692 | 55.1% | George W. Bush* (R) | 231,534 | 42.7% | 11,492 [+] | 2.1% | 541,718 | -8 | 0.44% |
2000 | 58% | Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 287,957 | 55.6% | George W. Bush (R) | 201,128 | 38.8% | 28,839 [+] | 5.6% | 517,924 | -9 | 0.49% |
1996 | 56% | Bill Clinton* (D) | 268,757 | 53.8% | Robert Dole (R) | 163,781 | 32.8% | 67,140 [+] | 13.4% | 499,678 | -8 | 0.52% |
1992 | 61% | Bill Clinton (D) | 231,882 | 42.3% | George Bush* (R) | 159,845 | 29.2% | 156,353 [+] | 28.5% | 548,080 | -8 | 0.52% |
1988 | 57% | Michael Dukakis (D) | 282,580 | 54.6% | George Bush (R) | 231,333 | 44.7% | 3,747 [+] | 0.7% | 517,660 | -9 | 0.57% |
1984 | 61% | Walter Mondale (D) | 278,999 | 50.3% | Ronald Reagan* (R) | 274,171 | 49.4% | 1,359 | 0.2% | 554,529 | -9 | 0.60% |
1980 | 56% | Jimmy Carter* (D) | 255,688 | 50.4% | Ronald Reagan (R) | 207,969 | 41.0% | 43,210 [+] | 8.5% | 506,867 | -10 | 0.59% |
1976 | 60% | Jimmy Carter (D) | 273,064 | 50.3% | Gerald Ford* (R) | 266,411 | 49.1% | 3,607 [+] | 0.7% | 543,082 | 1 | 0.67% |
1972 | 62% | Richard Nixon* (R) | 311,239 | 54.6% | George McGovern (D) | 257,096 | 45.1% | 2,185 [+] | 0.4% | 570,520 | -6 | 0.73% |
1968 | 62% | Hubert Humphrey (D) | 292,053 | 54.0% | Richard Nixon (R) | 206,649 | 38.2% | 42,494 [+] | 7.9% | 541,196 | -5 | 0.74% |
1964 | 66% | Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 412,170 | 72.6% | Barry Goldwater (R) | 154,625 | 27.2% | 766 | 0.1% | 567,561 | -11 | 0.80% |
1960 | 70% | John Kennedy (D) | 328,883 | 55.6% | Richard Nixon (R) | 261,958 | 44.3% | 488 | 0.1% | 591,329 | -5 | 0.86% |
1956 | 65% | Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 355,090 | 64.3% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 197,091 | 35.7% | 62 | 0.0% | 552,243 | 7 | 0.89% |
1952 | 69% | Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 308,770 | 56.9% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 232,882 | 42.9% | 1,096 | 0.2% | 542,748 | 2 | 0.88% |
1948 | 62% | Harry Truman* (D) | 231,737 | 50.9% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 210,976 | 46.3% | 12,878 [+] | 2.8% | 455,591 | 1 | 0.93% |
1944 | 65% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 230,755 | 50.6% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 223,589 | 49.0% | 1,557 | 0.3% | 455,901 | 3 | 0.95% |
1940 | 67% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 222,986 | 50.2% | Wendell Willkie (R) | 220,393 | 49.6% | 1,157 | 0.3% | 444,536 | 5 | 0.89% |
1936 | 67% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 212,762 | 52.7% | Alf Landon (R) | 182,456 | 45.2% | 8,405 [+] | 2.1% | 403,623 | 9 | 0.88% |
1932 | 57% | Herbert Hoover* (R) | 171,911 | 51.2% | Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 151,777 | 45.2% | 12,133 [+] | 3.6% | 335,821 | 12 | 0.84% |
1928 | 61% | Herbert Hoover (R) | 177,955 | 53.2% | Al Smith (D) | 143,330 | 42.9% | 12,957 [+] | 3.9% | 334,242 | -5 | 0.91% |
1924 | 45% | Calvin Coolidge (R) | 137,944 | 60.1% | John Davis (D) | 48,773 | 21.2% | 42,825 [+] | 18.7% | 229,542 | 6 | 0.79% |
1920 | 40% | Warren Harding (R) | 120,955 | 64.1% | James Cox (D) | 47,852 | 25.3% | 20,021 [+] | 10.6% | 188,828 | 4 | 0.70% |
1916 | 29% | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 65,167 | 53.0% | Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 53,989 | 43.9% | 3,845 [+] | 3.1% | 123,001 | 7 | 0.66% |
1912 | 26% | Woodrow Wilson (D) | 41,165 | 39.6% | Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) | 30,609 | 29.5% | 32,147 [+] | 30.9% | 103,921 | 1 | 0.69% |
1908 | 33% | William Taft (R) | 63,327 | 52.8% | William J. Bryan (D) | 53,759 | 44.8% | 2,930 [+] | 2.4% | 120,016 | 1 | 0.81% |
1904 | 33% | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 60,550 | 55.9% | Alton Parker (D) | 44,132 | 40.8% | 3,605 [+] | 3.3% | 108,287 | 0 | 0.80% |
1900 | 34% | William McKinley* (R) | 54,119 | 51.9% | William J. Bryan (D) | 47,559 | 45.6% | 2,580 [+] | 2.5% | 104,258 | 0 | 0.75% |
2020 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Joe Biden (D) | 313,299 | 54.2% | ||||||||
Donald Trump* (R) | 253,620 | 43.9% | ||||||||
Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) | 5,573 | 1.0% | ||||||||
Other | 5,049 | 0.9% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 577,541 | |||||||||
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2016 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Hillary Clinton (D) | 251,015 | 48.6% | ||||||||
Donald Trump (R) | 240,264 | 46.6% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 15,585 | 3.0% | ||||||||
Jill Stein (Grn) | 7,654 | 1.5% | ||||||||
Evan McMullin (I) | 711 | 0.1% | ||||||||
Other | 798 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 516,027 | |||||||||
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2012 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama* (D) | 281,342 | 55.9% | ||||||||
Mitt Romney (R) | 212,915 | 42.3% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 4,426 | 0.9% | ||||||||
Other | 4,525 | 0.9% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 503,208 | |||||||||
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2008 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama (D) | 303,602 | 56.5% | ||||||||
John McCain (R) | 225,163 | 41.9% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (I) | 5,241 | 1.0% | ||||||||
Bob Barr (Lbt) | 1,710 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 1,541 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 537,257 | |||||||||
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2004 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush* (R) | 231,534 | 42.7% | ||||||||
John Kerry (D) | 298,692 | 55.1% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (I) | 10,304 | 1.9% | ||||||||
Other | 1,188 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 541,718 | |||||||||
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2000 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush (R) | 201,128 | 38.8% | ||||||||
Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 287,957 | 55.6% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (Grn) | 21,423 | 4.1% | ||||||||
Pat Buchanan (Ref) | 4,128 | 0.8% | ||||||||
Other | 3,288 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 517,924 | |||||||||
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1996 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton* (D) | 268,757 | 53.8% | ||||||||
Robert Dole (R) | 163,781 | 32.8% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (Ref) | 58,243 | 11.7% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (Grn) | 5,295 | 1.1% | ||||||||
Harry Browne (Lbt) | 744 | 0.1% | ||||||||
Other | 2,858 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 499,678 | |||||||||
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1992 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton (D) | 231,882 | 42.3% | ||||||||
George Bush* (R) | 159,845 | 29.2% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (I) | 153,484 | 28.0% | ||||||||
Other | 2,869 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 548,080 | |||||||||
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1988 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George Bush (R) | 231,333 | 44.7% | ||||||||
Michael Dukakis (D) | 282,580 | 54.6% | ||||||||
Ron Paul (Lbt) | 647 | 0.1% | ||||||||
Other | 3,100 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 517,660 | |||||||||
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1984 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan* (R) | 274,171 | 49.4% | ||||||||
Walter Mondale (D) | 278,999 | 50.3% | ||||||||
Other | 1,359 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 554,529 | |||||||||
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1980 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan (R) | 207,969 | 41.0% | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter* (D) | 255,688 | 50.4% | ||||||||
John Anderson (I) | 35,594 | 7.0% | ||||||||
Edward Clark (Lbt) | 4,669 | 0.9% | ||||||||
Other | 2,947 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 506,867 | |||||||||
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1976 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter (D) | 273,064 | 50.3% | ||||||||
Gerald Ford* (R) | 266,411 | 49.1% | ||||||||
Other | 3,607 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 543,082 | |||||||||
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1972 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon* (R) | 311,239 | 54.6% | ||||||||
George McGovern (D) | 257,096 | 45.1% | ||||||||
Other | 2,185 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 570,520 | |||||||||
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1968 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 206,649 | 38.2% | ||||||||
Hubert Humphrey (D) | 292,053 | 54.0% | ||||||||
George Wallace (AIP) | 40,019 | 7.4% | ||||||||
Other | 2,475 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 541,196 | |||||||||
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1964 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 412,170 | 72.6% | ||||||||
Barry Goldwater (R) | 154,625 | 27.2% | ||||||||
Other | 766 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 567,561 | |||||||||
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1960 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
John Kennedy (D) | 328,883 | 55.6% | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 261,958 | 44.3% | ||||||||
Other | 488 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 591,329 | |||||||||
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1956 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 355,090 | 64.3% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 197,091 | 35.7% | ||||||||
Other | 62 | 0.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 552,243 | |||||||||
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1952 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 308,770 | 56.9% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 232,882 | 42.9% | ||||||||
Other | 1,096 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 542,748 | |||||||||
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1948 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Harry Truman* (D) | 231,737 | 50.9% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 210,976 | 46.3% | ||||||||
Henry Wallace (Prog) | 10,931 | 2.4% | ||||||||
Other | 1,947 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 455,591 | |||||||||
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1944 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 230,755 | 50.6% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 223,589 | 49.0% | ||||||||
Other | 1,557 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 455,901 | |||||||||
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1940 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 222,986 | 50.2% | ||||||||
Wendell Willkie (R) | 220,393 | 49.6% | ||||||||
Other | 1,157 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 444,536 | |||||||||
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1936 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 212,762 | 52.7% | ||||||||
Alf Landon (R) | 182,456 | 45.2% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 7,715 | 1.9% | ||||||||
Other | 690 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 403,623 | |||||||||
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1932 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 151,777 | 45.2% | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover* (R) | 171,911 | 51.2% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 10,602 | 3.2% | ||||||||
Other | 1,531 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 335,821 | |||||||||
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1928 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover (R) | 177,955 | 53.2% | ||||||||
Al Smith (D) | 143,330 | 42.9% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 12,420 | 3.7% | ||||||||
Other | 537 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 334,242 | |||||||||
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1924 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Calvin Coolidge (R) | 137,944 | 60.1% | ||||||||
John Davis (D) | 48,773 | 21.2% | ||||||||
Robert LaFollette (Prog) | 40,019 | 17.4% | ||||||||
Other | 2,806 | 1.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 229,542 | |||||||||
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1920 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Warren Harding (R) | 120,955 | 64.1% | ||||||||
James Cox (D) | 47,852 | 25.3% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 16,983 | 9.0% | ||||||||
Parley Christiansen (FL) | 625 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Aaron Watkins (Proh) | 1,810 | 1.0% | ||||||||
Other | 603 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 188,828 | |||||||||
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1916 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 53,989 | 43.9% | ||||||||
Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 65,167 | 53.0% | ||||||||
Allan Benson (Soc) | 2,622 | 2.1% | ||||||||
James Hanly (Proh) | 759 | 0.6% | ||||||||
Other | 464 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 123,001 | |||||||||
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1912 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson (D) | 41,165 | 39.6% | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) | 30,609 | 29.5% | ||||||||
William Taft* (R) | 24,839 | 23.9% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 5,545 | 5.3% | ||||||||
Eugene Chafin (Proh) | 1,107 | 1.1% | ||||||||
Other | 656 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 103,921 | |||||||||
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1908 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William Taft (R) | 63,327 | 52.8% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 53,759 | 44.8% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 1,329 | 1.1% | ||||||||
Eugene Chafin (Proh) | 1,018 | 0.8% | ||||||||
Thomas Hisgen (I) | 301 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 282 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 120,016 | |||||||||
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1904 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 60,550 | 55.9% | ||||||||
Alton Parker (D) | 44,132 | 40.8% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 1,497 | 1.4% | ||||||||
Silas Swallow (Proh) | 1,146 | 1.1% | ||||||||
Thomas Watson (Pop) | 232 | 0.2% | ||||||||
Other | 730 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 108,287 | |||||||||
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1900 President, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William McKinley* (R) | 54,119 | 51.9% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 47,559 | 45.6% | ||||||||
John Woolley (Proh) | 1,171 | 1.1% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 417 | 0.4% | ||||||||
Other | 992 | 1.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 104,258 | |||||||||
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