Bill Clinton Democratic Bill Clinton Democratic Pre-consolidation: Post-consolidation: Pre-consolidation: Post-consolidation: The 1996 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election.

New York, a reliable blue state that no Republican presidential candidate has won since 1984, was won by incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton of Arkansas and Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee, over the Republican ticket of Senator Bob Dole of Kansas and Representative Jack Kemp of New York.

Reform Party candidate Ross Perot finished in third, with 7.97% of the popular vote.

1996 firmly entrenched New York's status in the modern era as a Democratic stronghold, rather than the swing state it had been in the 20th century.

Many historically powerfully Republican upstate counties were won by the Democratic ticket: As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time for a Democrat to carry Cattaraugus, Chenango, Delaware, Fulton, Jefferson, Ontario, Schuyler, Yates, Chemung, Herkimer, Lewis, Oneida and Schoharie counties.