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NEW YORKRace Summary
TOP RACES
GOVERNOR: Gov. George Pataki (R), first elected 1994, is seeking a second term. Pataki faces City Council Chairman Peter Vallone (D). Also running for governor this year are challengers Tom Golisano (I) and current Lt. Governor Betsy Ross (I).
SENATE: Sen. Alfonse D'Amato (R), first elected 1980, is seeking a fourth term. Rep. Charles Schumer (D) is his challenger.
back to top 1998 POLLSback to topPOLL HOURSMajority open 6 a.m. ET and all close at 9 p.m. ET (polls open at 6 a.m. ET in New York City and Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Ulster and Erie counties; all other counties open at noon) back to top SENATOR AND GOVERNOR NOT UP IN 1998Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D), first elected 1976; next election in 2000 back to top VACANCIESback to top HOUSE DISTRICTS
William Holst (D); Michael Forbes (inc.) (R) John Bace (D); Rick Lazio (inc.) (R) Kevin Langberg (D); Peter King (inc.) (R) Carolyn McCarthy (inc.) (D); Gregory Becker (R) Gary Ackerman (inc.) (D); David Pinzon (R) Gregory Meeks (inc.) (D); no Republican candidate Joseph Crowley (D); James Dillon (R) Jerrold Nadler (inc.) (D); Ted Howard (R) Anthony Weiner (D); Leslie Jenkins (R) Edolphus Towns (inc.) (D); Ernestine Brown (R) Major Owens (inc.) (D); David Greene (R) Nydia Velazquez (inc.) (D); Rosemarie Markgraf (R) Eugene "Gene" Prisco (D); Vito Fossella (inc.) (R) Carolyn Maloney (inc.) (D); Stephanie Kupferman (R) Charles Rangel (inc.) (D); David Cunningham (R) Jose Serrano (inc.) (D); Thomas Bayley Jr. (R) Eliot Engel (inc.) (D); Peter Fiumefreddo (R) Nita Lowey (inc.) (D); no Republican candidate Dick Collins (D); Sue W. Kelly (inc.) (R) Paul Feiner (D); Benjamin Gilman (inc.) (R) Michael McNulty (inc.) (D); Lauren Ayers (R) Jean Parvin Bordewich (D); John Sweeney (R) No Democratic candidate; Sherwood Boehlert (inc.) (R) Neil Tallon (D); John McHugh (inc.) (R) Yvonne Rothenberg (D); James Walsh (inc.) (R) Maurice Hinchey (inc.) (D); William "Bud" H. Walker (R) Bill Cook (D); Thomas Reynolds (R) Louise Slaughter (inc.) (D); Richard "Dick" A. Kaplan (R) John La Falce (inc.) (D); Chris Collins (R) Crystal D. Peoples (D); Jack Quinn (inc.) (R) Caleb Rossiter (D); Amo Houghton (inc.) (R) back to top PRIMARY DATESeptember 15 back to topFILING DEADLINEJuly 16 back to top STATEWIDE BALLOT MEASURESTotal Number: 0
Governor: Republican back to top STATE LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS
Senate: All 61 seats up back to top PARTY REGISTRATION
State Projected Voting Age Population: 13,564,000 (1996)
back to top ELECTORAL VOTES33 PRESIDENTIAL VOTING HISTORYClinton won in 1996; Clinton in 1992; Dukakis in 1988; Reagan in 1984; Reagan in 1980; Carter in 1976; Nixon in 1972; Humphrey in 1968; Johnson in 1964; Kennedy in 1960. LAST TIME VOTED DEMOCRATIC FOR PRESIDENT: 1996PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1996:
Clinton 59% PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1992:
Clinton 50% PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1988:
Dukakis 52% PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1984:
Reagan 54% PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1980:
Reagan 47% back to top PAST EXIT POLLS1992: 1994: 1996: back to top TURNOUTHistorical voter turnout as a percentage of the voting age population 1996-1960 back to top DEMOGRAPHICSPopulation: 18,185,000 (1996) (% of voting age population)
White: 76.4% Persons of Hispanic origin account for 11.2% of the voting population (from 1990 Census) STATE TIDBITSState Capital: Albany New York is typically the most Democratic of the larger states. In the 1960s, the Democratic margins came from middle-income Jews and Catholics in the outer boroughs of New York City. Today, according to the Almanac of American Politics, the Democratic vote comes from African Americans, Puerto Ricans and liberal Manhattan whites. New York holds great sway in presidential years as well, with 33 electoral votes, the second-highest number behind California's 54. While in presidential politics the Empire State tends to vote Democratic, in state politics -- where the project is cutting back an overly large and overly expensive welfare state -- voters have trended Republican. New Yorkers elected Republican Rudy Giuliani as New York City mayor in 1993 and again in 1997 and chose Republican George Pataki as governor in 1994 (he is up for re-election this year). Both Pataki's and Giuiliani's names have also been mentioned as a possible 2000 GOP presidential contenders. back to top RELATED SITESNOTE: External sites will open in a new browser window. Government:
New York Secretary of State Home Page News Media:CNN Affiliates:
WNYT (Albany) State Newspapers
Albany Times Union General Interest:The White Househttp://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Welcome.html The House of Representatives http://www.house.gov/ The Senate http://www.senate.gov/ Library of Congress -- The Legislative Branch http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/legislative/congress.html Congressional Quarterly's American Voter http://voter.cq.com/ Congressional Quarterly's VoteWatch http://pathfinder.com/CQ/ THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet http://thomas.loc.gov/ Federal Election Commission http://www.fec.gov/ Democratic National Committee http://www.democrats.org/ Republican National Committee http://www.rnc.org/ Project Vote Smart http://www.vote-smart.org Updated: October 25, 1998 |
55%
Golisano (I) 8%
McCaughey Ross (I) 2%