New York, Presidential results
2012 Obama 63 Romney 35
2008 Obama 63 McCain 38
2004 Kerry 58 Bush 40
2000 Gore 60 Bush 35
1996 Clinton 59 Dole 31 Perot 8
1992 Clinton 43 Bush 37 Perot 19
1988 Dukakis 52 Bush 48
1984 Reagan 54 Mondale 46
1980 Reagan 47 Carter 44 Anderson 8
1976 Carter 52 Ford 47
In how many other states did McCain outperform Romney? Seems like NY is still getting more Democratic at an alarming rate.
Obama had a larger margin in 2008 than 2012 in Alaska, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, and New York. Sandy played a big part for the last 2.