Reporting on New York City: Elections

A free digital encyclopedia of American politics and elections. See Ballotpedia’s New York page for coverage of state and local politics and elections.

A nonpartisan non-profit organization, the U.S. Vote Foundation provides information on voting and elections. The State Voter Information tool has state-specific voting guidelines and information, including election dates, voter eligibility, voter ID requirements, and more.

The U.S. government’s official website. See in particular: The U.S. and Its Government and Voting and Elections for helpful overviews.

A non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office. Search by candidate name, issue, legislation, or other options.

The official website of the NYC Board of Elections. About NYC Elections includes a list of public offices that appear on an NYC ballot. Certified Election Results has detailed official results, from 1999 to present. Voter Enrollment Totals have the total number of voters for New York State (by county) and for each NYC Council District, for 2011-today.

An independent nonpartisan city agency that provides public funding to candidates participating in the City's public financing program as well as monitors and makes public disclosure of candidates' campaign contributions and expenditures. The Campaign Finance Summary is a straightforward and regularly updated overview of finances for candidates for 2025 Citywide Elections.

Extensive, searchable database of candidate contributions and expenditures from 1989 to the present. A great resource and all data can be downloaded. Want to learn more about the campaign ad you just saw or the funders behind the ad?—do that in the Independent Expenditures Portal.

From the Center for Urban Research (CUNY), the Election Atlas has Maps analyzing elections and other data and analysis, such as Turnout Trends in NYC Democratic Primaries, 2001-2020.

New York City now uses a system called Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) for local offices, in which voters rank up to five candidates on their ballots in primary and special elections. Learn more about what this is and how it works.

A resource from the nonprofit National Institute on Money in State Politics tracking state campaign finance data, current through the 2024 election year. (Note: Following a merger, state and local data from FollowTheMoney.org will appear on OpenSecrets starting in 2025.)

The National Conference of State Legislatures has a wealth of resources on state laws governing elections and voting. The NCSL Statewide Ballot Measures Database is a searchable database of all statewide ballot measures in the 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands from 1902 to today.

The official website of the NYS Board of Elections. See the 2024 Political Calendar for election deadlines, Voter Enrollment for enrollment statistics, and Who Filed for a database of candidates that have filed to be on the ballot in the upcoming election. Election Results is an extensive and searchable archive of New York election results, from 1994 to the present.

The New York State Board of Elections public system for tracking campaign finance. If looking for campaign donations and spending, start with the "Campaign Disclosure : Contributions" and "Campaign Disclosure : Expenditures" columns.

Created by a genealogist and computer programmer, Stephen J. Morse (one his suite of One-Step Webpages), this site allows anyone to look up records for registered voters in New York State by name, which include address, birthdate, party registration, and recent elections voted in. Fill out at least a last name to search. The site is created through FOIL requests.

Detailed national results of U.S. Presidential Elections since 1789. See the Elections Results page for state-level and county-level results. For data files (Excel and csv formats) from Dave Leip on Presidential, Congressional, Gubernatorial elections, Registration and Turnout data, and more, see the Election Data guide.

The FEC is an independent agency of the U.S. government that oversees U.S. federal elections and enforces campaign finance laws. Campaign Finance Data includes campaign spending, FEC filings, and more for candidates for federal offices. The Introduction to Campaign Finance and Elections is a useful primer on researching public records.

More than 300 commercials from every U.S. presidential election since 1952, from The Museum of the Moving Image.

A nonprofit group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy. Search for federal fundraising data by candidate, donor, political party, and more. Also includes financing for ballot measures, political ads, and other activities.

Pairing social science research and journalism, AP-NORC conducts polling and provides data and analysis on major issues. See the Download Data page for Toplines and some datasets.