Presidential Election Results 1848-2020:

How Westchester, Mamaroneck voted

Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy won the presidency but they didn’t carry Westchester County or Mamaroneck. Look below for the county and Town of Mamaroneck (including Larchmont and part of Mamaroneck Village) results in presidential elections from 1848 to 2020.

Republcan Abraham Lincoln and Democrats Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy didn’t carry Westchester or Mamaroneck when they won the presidency. (Library of Congress photos)

Here are some other takeaways:

Democratic presidential candidates carried the county and town from 1852 to 1896, except the town went for Republican Ulysses S. Grant in 1872.

Republicans then dominated for nearly a century until Bill Clinton in 1992 with two exceptions: Democrat Woodrow Wilson in 1912 and Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Democratic presidential candidates have carried the county and town in recent years as the county voter enrollment became more and more blue.

The 2020 election saw the biggest percentage of vote ever by a Democratic presidential candidate in Westchester when Joe Biden captured 67.6 percent.

Trouble seeing the chart below? See the chart: Westchester Election Results 1848-2020: When Dems, GOP dominated in Westchester.

Donald Trump's 31 percent in 2020 was not the lowest Republican percentage ever. In 1912, William Howard Taft received 29 percent of the vote when he and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt split the Republican vote. Democrat Woodrow Wilson won.

Also in 2020, rapper Kanye West, who announced a run for president but did not appear on local ballots, received two write-in votes in Mamaroneck and 127 total write-ins in Westchester.

Trouble seeing the map below? See the map: Presidential elections 2012-2020: How Larchmont-Mamaroneck voted, by neighborhood

In 1920, the total votes for president jumped from 58,151 in 1916 to 111,276. That year, women won the right to vote with the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Republican Warren G. Harding won the election and won big in Westchester and Mamaroneck.

Democrats Grover Cleveland and Barack Obama and Republican Dwight Eisenhower carried Westchester and Mamaroneck in their successful runs for president. (Library of Congress photos)

Republican Dwight Eisenhower compiled the biggest Westchester margin of victory, winning 72 percent of the county’s votes in winning re-election and defeating Democrat Adlai Stevenson in 1956.

Chart: How Westchester voted for president: 1848-2020

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Gallery: President by president

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ZACHARY TAYLOR, Whig, defeated Democrat Lewis Cass in 1848. Taylor carried Westchester, but Mamaroneck went for Cass.

FRANKLIN PIERCE, Democrat, won in 1852, defeating Whig Winfield Scott. Pierce carried Westchester County and Mamaroneck.

JAMES BUCHANAN, Democrat, won in 1856, defeating Republican John Fremont and former President Millard Fillmore, who ran on the American (Know-Nothing) ticket. Buchanan carried Westchester and Mamaroneck.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Republican, defeated Democrats Stephen Douglas in 1860 and George McClellan in 1864. But Lincoln did not carry Westchester either time or Mamaroneck in 1864. Town results for 1860 were not available.

ULYSSES S. GRANT, Republican, defeated Democrats Horatio Seymour in 1868 and Chappaqua’s own Horace Greeley in 1872. The Democrats carried the county. Mamaroneck went for Grant in 1872, though it hadn’t in 1868.

RUTHERFORD B. HAYES, Republican, defeated Samuel Tilden in 1876, but Tilden carried Westchester and Mamaroneck.

JAMES GARFIELD, Republican, defeated Democrat Winfield Hancock in 1880 but did not carry Westchester. Mamaroneck results were not available.

GROVER CLEVELAND, Democrat, won in 1884, lost to Republican Benjamin Harrison in 1888, then regained the White House by defeating Harrison in 1892. Cleveland carried Westchester and Mamaroneck. He had been governor of New York from 1883-85.

BENJAMIN HARRISON, Republican, defeated Grover Cleveland in 1888 then lost to him in 1892. Harrison failed to carry Mamaroneck or Westchester either time.

WILLIAM MCKINLEY, Republican, defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan in both 1896 and 1900. McKinley carried Mamaroneck and Westchester both times.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Republican, defeated Democrat Alton Parker in 1904 and carried Westchester and Mamaroneck. He ran again in 1912, this time as a Progressive opposing Republican William Howard Taft, and lost. He failed to carry Westchester or Mamaroneck.

WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, Republican, defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan in 1908 and carried Westchester and Mamaroneck. But Taft lost his bid for re-election in 1912 when Theodore Roosevelt entered the race as a Progressive. They split the vote and opened the way for Democrat Woodrow Wilson.

WOODROW WILSON, Democrat, defeated incumbent Republican William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt, running on the Progressive line, in 1912. Wilson was re-elected in 1916, defeating Republican Charles Hughes. Wilson carried Westchester and Mamaroneck in 1912 but not in 1916. Wilson was the last Democrat to carry Westchester and Mamaroneck until Lyndon Johnson in 1964.

WARREN HARDING, Republican, handily carried Westchester and Mamaroneck in defeating Democrat James Cox in 1920, the first presidential election in which women could vote.

CALVIN COOLIDGE, Republican, defeated Democrat John Davis in 1924 and carried Westchester and Mamaroneck.

HERBERT HOOVER, Republican, defeated Democrat Alfred E. Smith in 1928 but lost to Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932. Hoover carried Westchester and Mamaroneck both times.

FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT, Democrat, defeated incumbent Herbert Hoover in 1932 and was re-elected in 1936, 1940 and 1944. But he did not carry Westchester or Mamaroneck in any of the four elections.

HARRY TRUMAN, Democrat, who became president when Roosevelt died in office in 1945, was elected president in 1948 over Republican Thomas Dewey. But Dewey handily carried Westchester and Mamaroneck.

DWIGHT EISENHOWER, Republican, defeated Democrat Adlai Stevenson in 1952 and 1956 and handily carried Westchester and Mamaroneck both times.

JOHN F. KENNEDY, Democrat, defeated Republican Richard Nixon, in 1960 but did not carry Westchester or Mamaroneck.

LYNDON JOHNSON, Democrat, who became president when Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, defeated Republican Barry Goldwater and became the first Democratic presidential candidate since Woodrow Wilson to carry Westchester and Mamaroneck.

RICHARD NIXON, Republican, defeated Democrats Hubert Humphrey in 1968 and George McGovern in 1972 and carried Westchester and Mamaroneck both times.

GERALD FORD, Republican, became president when Richard Nixon resigned after the Watergate scandal. Ford ran for president in 1976 but lost to Democrat Jimmy Carter. Ford did carry Westchester and Mamaroneck.

JIMMY CARTER, Democrat, defeated Republican Gerald Ford in 1976 but lost to Ronald Reagan in 1980. Carter did not carry Westchester or Mamaroneck in either election.

RONALD REAGAN, Republican, defeated Democrats Jimmy Carter in 1980 and Walter Mondale in 1984 and carried Westchester and Mamaroneck both times.

GEORGE H.W. BUSH, Republican, defeated Democrat Michael Dukakis in 1988 and carried Westchester and Mamaroneck.

BILL CLINTON, Democrat, defeated incumbent Republican George H.W. Bush in 1992 and Bob Dole in 1996, carrying Westchester and Mamaroneck both times.

GEORGE W. BUSH, Republican, defeated Democrats Al Gore in 2000 and John Kerrey in 2004 but did not carry Westchester either time.

BARACK OBAMA, Democrat, carried Westchester handily in defeating Republicans John McCain in 2004 and Mitt Romney in 2008.

DONALD TRUMP, Republican, defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016, but Clinton easily carried Westchester, her home county, as well as Mamaroneck. Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden in 2020. Biden carried Mamaroneck and Westchester

JOE BIDEN, Democrat, defeated Donald Trump in 2020. Biden carried Mamaroneck and Westchester.

Prohibition Party candidates appeared on local presidential ballots in all but one election from 1884 through 1920, peaking in Westchester in 1892 with 908 votes. Mamaroneck showed little interest, with Prohibition candidates receiving 1 or zero votes in most elections. Peak: 7 votes in 1908. The 18th Amendment banning manufacture, transport or sale of intoxicating liquors was ratified in 1919 and went into effect in 1920. Prohibition was repealed in 1933.

Chart: How Mamaroneck voted for president: 1848-2020
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