answers: Hillary Clinton
context: Tim Kaine. Hillary Clinton carried New York with 59.01% of the vote, while Donald Trump received 36.52% of the vote, a 22.49% Democratic victory margin. New York State remained a solid blue state in the 2016 election, although Hillary Clinton received a smaller vote share than President Obama had in 2012, while Donald Trump slightly improved upon Mitt Romney's performance. Despite being born and raised in New York, and having been long associated with the state, Trump decisively lost the popular vote. This presidential election marked the first time since 1944 when both party's presidential candidates had New York as </s> 30, the successor being elected in April. Note: Lt. Gov. Broome died in August 1810, and the 1777 Constitution provided for new elections if a vacancy occurred either in the Governor's or the Lieutenant Governor's office. See 1817 general election. Note: Aaron Burr was the sitting US Vice President. Note: John Jay received more votes than George Clinton, but on technicalities the votes of Otsego, Tioga and Clinton counties were disqualified and not counted, giving Clinton a slight majority. Under the Constitution of 1777, the votes were canvassed by a joint committee of the state legislature, six members each from </s> 1908 United States presidential election in New York The 1908 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 3, 1908. All 46 contemporary states were part of the 1908 United States presidential election. New York voters chose 39 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. New York was won by the Republican nominees, United States Secretary of War William Howard Taft of Ohio and his running mate Congressman James S. Sherman of New York. Taft and Sherman defeated the Democratic nominees, former Congressman and two-time prior presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan of
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