Political party strength in New York (state)

As of 2022, the Democratic Party dominates the politics of New York.

This page contains party enrollment data as well as historical data on the party affiliations of certain New York elected officials.

Party enrollment New York party enrollment data as of February 20, 2025Party%Total votersTotalActiveInactiveDemocratic47.905,896,984403,4346,300,418Republican22.632,845,295131,4462,976,741Conservative1.27160,1257,107167,232Working Families0.4455,8042,98958,793Minor parties2.72336,75821,480358,238Unaffiliated25.033,108,039184,0923,292,131Total100%12,403,005750,54813,153,553

Party affiliations of elected officials The following table indicates the historical party affiliations of the following elected officials in the U.S. state of New York: Governor Lieutenant Governor Secretary of State (before 1927) Attorney General State Comptroller Treasurer (before 1927)

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: State Senate State Assembly New York delegation to the United States Senate New York delegation to the United States House of Representatives (also see New York's congressional districts)

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

1777–1926

YearExecutive officesState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoral votesGovernorLieutenant GovernorSecretary of StateAttorney GeneralComptrollerTreasurerSenateAssemblySenator(Class I)Senator(Class III)House1777George Clinton Pierre Van CortlandtNoneEgbert BensonComfort SandsPeter Van Brugh Livingston1778John Morin ScottGerard Bancker…17811782Peter T. Curtenius17831784Lewis Allaire Scott178517861787George Clinton Pierre Van Cortlandt 1788Richard Varick 1789F majority45DR, 19F, 1?Philip Schuyler Rufus King 3AA, 3PAnone1790Aaron Burr F majority38F, 23DR, 4?1791F majorityF majorityAaron Burr 4PA, 2AA1792George Clinton Pierre Van Cortlandt Morgan Lewis DR majorityDR majorityWashington /Clinton 1793Nathaniel Lawrence DR majorityDR majority7PA, 3AA1794F majorityF majority1795John Jay Stephen Van Rensselaer F majorityF majorityAaron Burr Rufus King 5DR, 5F1796Josiah Ogden Hoffman F majorityF majorityJohn Laurance Adams /Pinckney 1797Samuel Jones35F, 7DR, 1 vac.F majorityPhilip Schuyler 6F, 4DR1798Daniel Hale Robert McClellan 36F, 5DR, 2 vac.F majorityJohn Sloss Hobart William North 179932F, 11DRF majorityJames Waston 6DR, 4F1800John Vernon Henry F majorityGouverneur Morris John Armstrong Jr. Jefferson/Burr 1801George Clinton Jeremiah Van Rensselaer Thomas Tillotson 22F, 21DR83DR, 25F7DR, 3F1802Ambrose Spencer Elisha Jenkins 22F, 21DR83DR, 25FDeWitt Clinton 1803Abraham G. Lansing 21DR, 1F73DR, 32F, 3?Theodorus Bailey 12DR, 5FJohn Armstrong Jr. 1804Morgan Lewis John Broome John Woodworth 27DR, 5F82DR, 18FJefferson/Clinton John Armstrong Jr. John Smith 180528DR, 4F77DR, 21F, 2Samuel L. Mitchill 15DR, 2F1806Elisha Jenkins Archibald McIntyre 32DR76DR, 19F, 51807Daniel D. Tompkins Thomas Tillotson 49DR, 19F, 321808Elisha Jenkins Matthias B. Hildreth David Thomas 24DR, 8F&65DR, 23F, 1113 – Madison/Clinton 3 – Clinton/Madison 3 – Clinton/Monroe 180923DR, 9F61DR, 48F, 3, 1IRObadiah German 10DR, 7F1810Daniel Hale Abraham Van Vechten Abraham G. Lansing 20DR, 12F64F, 48DR1811John Tayler Matthias B. Hildreth 22DR, 10F71DR, 41F12DR, 5FDeWitt Clinton Elisha Jenkins 1812Thomas Addis Emmet David Thomas 25DR, 7F69DR, 43FD. Clinton/Ingersoll 1813John Tayler Jacob R. Van Rensselaer Abraham Van Vechten Charles Z. Platt 24DR, 8F59F, 52DR, 1 vac.Rufus King 19F, 8DR181427DR, 5F65F, 47DR18F, 9DR1815Peter Buell Porter Martin Van Buren 26DR, 6F71DR, 41FNathan Sanford 21DR, 6F1816Robert L. Tillotson25DR, 7F63DR, 63FMonroe/Tompkins 1817John Tayler Philetus Swift Charles D. Cooper Gerrit L. Dox 25DR, 7F90DR, 36F22DR, 5FDeWitt Clinton John Tayler 1818John Van Ness Yates Archibald McIntyre 27DR, 5F95DR, 31F1819Thomas J. Oakley 28DR, 4F95DR, 30F, 1?vacant21DR, 6F182018, 13, 1DR58, 34F, 30Rufus King 1821Samuel A. Talcott John Savage Benjamin Knower 19, 1371, 33, 22FMartin Van Buren 20DR, 7F182218, 13, 1?73, 48, 5F19DR, 8F1823Joseph C. Yates Erastus Root William L. Marcy 32112, 1630DR, 4F1824Abraham Keyser Jr. 30, 291, 3726 – Adams/Calhoun 5 – Crawford/Macon 4 – Clay/Sanford 1 – Jackson/Calhoun 1825DeWitt Clinton James Tallmadge Jr. Gamaliel H. Barstow 21, 1186, 42, 1IMartin Van Buren vacant25NR, 9JD1826Azariah C. Flagg Abraham Keyser Jr. 17, 1568, 55, 1INathan Sanford 26NR, 8J1827Nathaniel Pitcher 84, 43, 1I19J, 15NR182822, 1093J, 17A-M, 16NR18J, 16NRJackson/Calhoun Nathaniel Pitcher Peter R. Livingston Charles Dayan 1829Martin Van Buren Enos T. Throop Azariah C. Flagg Silas Wright Abraham Keyser Jr. 20J, 9NR, 82J, , 16NRCharles E. Dudley 19J, 12NR, Enos T. Throop Charles Stebbins Greene C. Bronson 1830William M. Oliver 25J, 4NR, 91J, , 7NR1831Edward Philip Livingston 25J, , 2NR93J, , 4NRWilliam L. Marcy 23J, , 3NR183224J, , 2NR95J, , 5NRJackson/Van Buren 1833William L. Marcy John Tracy John Adams Dix Azariah C. Flagg 26J, 100J, , 3NRNathaniel P. Tallmadge Silas Wright 32J, 183425J, 113J, , 5ID183528D, 4W91D, 36W, 1 vac.31J, 9NR1836Samuel Beardsley 111D, 16W, 1A32J, 8NR, 1WVan Buren/Johnson 1837Abraham Keyser Jr. 27D, 5W90D, 38WNathaniel P. Tallmadge Silas Wright 30D, 10W1838Gamaliel H. Barstow 22D, 10W100W, 28D1839William H. Seward Luther Bradish John Canfield Spencer Willis Hall Bates Cooke Jacob Haight 18D, 14W83W, 45Dvacant21W, 19D184020W, 12D70W, 58DNathaniel P. Tallmadge Harrison/Tyler 1841Archibald Campbell John A. Collier 21W, 11D66W, 62D21D, 19W1842Samuel Young George P. Barker Azariah C. Flagg Thomas Farrington 17D, 15W96D, 32W1843William C. Bouck Daniel S. Dickinson 22D, 10W92D, 36W24D, 10W184426D, 6WPolk/Dallas vacantHenry A. Foster 1845Silas Wright Addison Gardiner Nathaniel S. Benton John Van Buren Benjamin Enos 27D, 4W, 1KN65D, 47W, 15KN, 1IDDaniel S. Dickinson John Adams Dix 21D, 9W, 4KN1846Thomas Farrington 25D, 6W, 1KN74D, 51W, 2, 1ID1847John Young 21D, 10W, 1KN76W, 52D23W, 11D1848Hamilton Fish Christopher Morgan Ambrose L. Jordan Millard Fillmore Alvah Hunt 24W, 8D91W, 36D, 1I24W, 10DTaylor/Fillmore 1849Hamilton Fish George W. Patterson 106W, 14FS, 7D, 1William H. Seward 32W, 1D, 1FS1850Levi S. Chatfield Washington Hunt 17W, 15D64D, 64W1851Washington Hunt Sanford E. Church Philo C. Fuller 82W, 44D, 1FS, 1Ivacant17W, 16D, 1FS1852Henry S. Randall John C. Wright James M. Cook 16W, 16D65W, 63DHamilton Fish Pierce/King 1853Horatio Seymour Benjamin Welch 88D, 40W20D 11W, 1FS, 1IGardner Stow 1854Elias W. Leavenworth Ogden Hoffman James M. Cook Elbridge G. Spaulding 24W, 8D77W, 47D, 2I, 1FS, 119D, 12W, 1I1855Myron H. Clark Henry Jarvis Raymond 75W, 38D, 9KN, 4, 2RWilliam H. Seward 23O, 5D, 3KN, 2W1856Joel T. Headley Stephen B. Cushing Lorenzo Burrows Stephen Clark 16R, 12KN, 4D47D, 44KN, 35R, 2WFrémont/Dayton 1857John A. King Henry R. Selden 80R, 40D, 8KNPreston King 21R, 12D1858Gideon J. Tucker Lyman Tremain Sanford E. Church Isaac V. Vanderpoel 15R, 14D, 2KN, 1IR61R, 57D, 11KN1859Edwin D. Morgan Robert Campbell 91R, 27D, 9KN, 1ID26R, 7D1860David R. Floyd-Jones Charles G. Myers Robert Denniston Philip Dorsheimer 23R, 9D90R, 37D, 1 vac.Lincoln/Hamlin 186193R, 35DIra Harris 23R, 10D1862Horatio Ballard Daniel S. Dickinson Lucius Robinson William Lewis 24R, 8D92R, 35D, 1IR1863Horatio Seymour David R. Floyd-Jones 64D, 64REdwin D. Morgan 17D, 13R, 1U1864Chauncey Depew John Cochrane George W. Schuyler 21R, 11D81R, 45D, 1ID, 1ULincoln/Johnson 1865Reuben Fenton Thomas G. Alvord 75R, 52D, 1ID21R, 10D1866Francis C. Barlow John H. Martindale Thomas Hillhouse Joseph Howland 27R, 5D90R, 38D1867Reuben Fenton Stewart L. Woodford 83R, 45DRoscoe Conkling 1868Homer Augustus Nelson Marshall B. Champlain William F. Allen Wheeler H. Bristol 17R, 15D73D, 55RSeymour/Blair 1869John T. Hoffman Allen C. Beach 74R, 52D, 2IDReuben Fenton 18R, 13D1870Asher P. Nichols 18D, 14R73D, 55R187165D, 63R16D, 15R1872G. Hilton Scribner Francis C. Barlow Nelson K. Hopkins Thomas Raines 25R, 7D97R, 31DGrant/Wilson 1873John Adams Dix John C. Robinson 92R, 34D, 2LR24R, 9D1874Diedrich Willers Jr. Daniel Pratt Abraham Lansing 18R, 13D, 1IR72R, 54D, 2LR23R, 10D1875Samuel J. Tilden William Dorsheimer Thomas Raines 74D, 53R, 1IDFrancis Kernan 17R, 16D1876John Bigelow Charles S. Fairchild Lucius Robinson Charles N. Ross 20R, 12D71R, 57DTilden/Hendricks 1877Lucius Robinson Frederic P. Olcott 70R, 58D1878Allen C. Beach Augustus Schoonmaker Jr. James Mackin 19R, 12D, 1ID66R, 61D, 1GB187998R, 27D, 3GB24R, 9D1880Alonzo B. Cornell George Gilbert Hoskins Joseph Bradford Carr Hamilton Ward Sr. James W. Wadsworth Nathan D. Wendell 25R, 7D91R, 35D, 1GB, 1IDGarfield/Arthur 188180R, 47D, 1IDThomas C. Platt 19R, 13D, 1IWarner Miller Elbridge G. Lapham 1882Leslie W. Russell Ira Davenport Robert A. Maxwell 17D, 15R67D, 60R, 1IR1883Grover Cleveland David B. Hill 86D, 38R, 1UL, 1GB, 1ID, 1IR21D, 13R1884Denis O'Brien Alfred C. Chapin 19R, 13D72R, 56DCleveland/Hendricks 1885David B. Hill Dennis McCarthy 74R, 54DWilliam M. Evarts 17D, 17R1886Edward F. Jones Frederick Cook Lawrence J. Fitzgerald 20R, 12D77R, 49D, 1ID, 1IR188774R, 54DFrank Hiscock 19R, 15D1888Charles F. Tabor Edward Wemple 21R, 11D72R, 55D, 1IDHarrison/Morton 188977R, 51D1890Frank Rice Elliot Danforth 19R, 13D71R, 57D189168D, 59R, 1IR23D, 11R1892Roswell P. Flower William F. Sheehan Simon W. Rosendale Frank Campbell 17D, 14R, 1IR67D, 61RDavid B. Hill Cleveland/Stevenson 189374D, 54REdward Murphy Jr. 20D, 14R1894John Palmer Theodore E. Hancock James A. Roberts Addison B. Colvin 19R, 12D, 1ID71R, 57D19D, 15R1895Levi P. Morton Charles T. Saxton 105R, 23D28R, 6D189635R, 14D, 1IR103R, 47DMcKinley/Hobart 1897Frank S. Black Timothy L. Woodruff 114R, 35D, 1IThomas C. Platt 189877R, 69D, 3, 1IR1899Theodore Roosevelt John T. McDonough John C. Davies William J. Morgan John P. Jaeckel 27R, 23D87R, 63DChauncey Depew 18D, 16R1900Theodore P. Gilman 92R, 57D, 1 vac.McKinley/Roosevelt 1901Benjamin Odell Erastus C. Knight 35R, 15D105R, 45D22R, 12D1902Nathan L. Miller 106R, 42D, 2ID1903Frank W. Higgins John F. O'Brien John Cunneen Otto Kelsey John G. Wickser 28R, 22D89R, 61D20R, 17D190497R, 52D, 1Roosevelt/Fairbanks 1905Frank W. Higgins Matthew Linn Bruce Julius Marshuetz Mayer John G. Wallenmeier Jr. 31R, 20D104R, 46D26R, 11D1906John Raines William C. Wilson 111R, 35D, 3MOL, 1ID1907Charles Evans Hughes Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler John Sibley Whalen William S. Jackson Martin H. Glynn Julius Hauser 31R, 20D98R, 51D, 1IL190896R, 54DTaft/Sherman 1909Horace White Samuel S. Koenig Edward R. O'Malley Charles H. Gaus Thomas B. Dunn35R, 16D99R, 51DElihu Root 25R, 12DOtto Kelsey 1910Horace White George H. Cobb Clark Williams 94R, 56D1911John Alden Dix Thomas F. Conway Edward Lazansky Thomas Carmody William Sohmer John J. Kennedy 29D, 21R, 187D, 63RJames A. O'Gorman 22D, 15R1912101R, 48D, 1SocWilson/Marshall 1913William Sulzer Martin H. Glynn Mitchell May 33D, 16R, 2Prog104D, 42R, 4Prog31D, 12R, 1Prog1914Martin H. Glynn Robert F. Wagner James A. Parsons Homer D. Call 82R, 48D, 20Prog1915Charles Seymour Whitman Edward Schoeneck Francis Hugo Egburt E. Woodbury Eugene M. Travis James L. Wells 34R, 17D100R, 50DJames W.Wadsworth Jr. 23R, 19D, 1Soc191697R, 52D, 1SocHughes/Fairbanks 1917Merton E. Lewis 36R, 15D100R, 48D, 2SocWilliam M. Calder 26R, 16D, 1Soc191896R, 44D, 10Soc1919Al Smith Harry C. Walker Charles D. Newton 29R, 22D94R, 54D, 2Soc24R, 19D1920111R, 34D, 5SocHarding/Coolidge 1921Nathan L. Miller Jeremiah Wood John J. Lyons James A. Wendell N. Monroe Marshall 39R, 11D, 1Soc119R, 28D, 3S33R, 9D, 1Soc1922William J. Maier 96R, 53D, 1Soc1923Al Smith George R. Lunn James A. Hamilton Carl Sherman James W. Fleming George K. Shuler 26D, 25R81R, 69DRoyal S. Copeland 21R, 21D, 1 vac.192486R, 64D22D, 21RCoolidge/Dawes 1925Seymour Lowman Florence E. S. Knapp Albert Ottinger Vincent B. Murphy Lewis H. Pounds 29R, 22D96R, 54D192691R, 59D

1927–present