Albany-Schenectady-Troy · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
71.1%
398,505 votes · D+42.3
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 57.1%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
68.7%
402,198 votes · R+37.4
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 63.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
398,505votes
71.1% of the vote · D+42.3
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 398,159 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
402,198votes
68.7% of the vote · R+37.4
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 376,358 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
+19.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+42.3 · U.S. D+22.6
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · +12.6 pts
Republican
Alf Landon1936
+25.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+1.7 · U.S. D+24.3
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · +22.0 pts
U.S. House elections · 3 House
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U.S. House
On a multi-state Place, each row sums votes cast in the separate U.S. House races held inside the Place that year. It is a geographic vote total, not one contest or a seat tally.
Some U.S. House rows cover a contest held in only part of this Place — the votes are real, but the total is not place-wide because the rest of the Place had no such race that year.
Albany-Schenectady-Troy · how this place’s counties split between candidates in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain and there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, by party and cycle.
Party
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Democratic
Clinton13Obama1136,137 votes · 14 of 14 countiesprimary
Biden13Sanders1111,413 votes · 14 of 14 countiesprimary
○no contest record
Republicannot ingested
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026D+5.5
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+7.6
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 2.1 points.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Albany-Schenectady-Troy
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2025 (partial)
98,423
27,402
6,886
63,122
1,013
2026 (partial)
900,162
311,600
261,946
263,962
62,654
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+2,372 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −24,480 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Albany-Schenectady-Troy in Albany-Schenectady-Troy: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−3,990
2012
−2,916
2013
−2,965
2014
−4,962
2015
−4,629
2016
−5,216
2017
−1,269
2018
−2,512
2019
−4,742
2021
+9,202
2022
−3,087
2023
−1,085
2024
+1,319
2025
+2,372
Home to New York's state government complex, the Albany-Schenectady-Troy media market carries an unusually high share of public-sector employees, a demographic that has historically produced stable Democratic margins in federal and statewide contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 42.3 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 37.4 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 4.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.6 points.
A population of 1,414,403, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $83,381 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Syracuse and Rochester, NY.
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How did Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York vote in 2024?
In 2024, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York voted Democratic by 7.6 points (D+7.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 709,442 votes cast, 378,666 went Democratic and 324,491 went Republican.
When did Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York?
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York has a population of 1,414,403 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York?
Median household income in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York is $83,381 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.
