Kamala D. Harris won Rensselaer County with 50.4% of the vote, ahead of Donald J. Trump. 78,736 votes were counted. The party margin was a Democratic lead of 1.4 points. Compared with the previous presidential election in Rensselaer County that is loaded, the margin moved 4.2 points toward Republicans.
Rensselaer County leans Democratic by 2.5 points compared with the nation (our partisan lean index, based on president 2024 75% + 2020 25%).
Rensselaer County voted for the winner of the national popular vote in 4 of 7 presidential elections from 2000 to 2024. On average its margin sat 5.3 points away from the national margin.
In 2024, 78,736 votes were cast in the biggest race, which is 62.8% of the 125,345 citizens aged 18 and over in Rensselaer County.
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