- Lead
- 167,056
- Total
- 273,391
- vs nation
- D+62.6
New York 10th Congressional District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 205,637
- Total
- 289,012
- vs nation
- D+66.7
- Lead
- 198,105
- Total
- 266,411
- vs nation
- D+72.3
- Lead
- 173,883
- Total
- 241,322
- vs nation
- D+68.2
- Lead
- 183,813
- Total
- 256,680
- vs nation
- D+64.3
- Lead
- 153,915
- Total
- 237,741
- vs nation
- D+67.2
- Lead
- 149,955
- Total
- 216,701
- vs nation
- D+68.7
- Lead
- 131,194
- Total
- 188,801
- vs nation
- D+61.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+61.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 776,9722024 5-year
- Population density
- 50,782 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 15.3 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $117,0002024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 48.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 19.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+74.4 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+25.6 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Congressional District 12, CA · twin score 96.0
presidential history
Party record book
New York 10th Congressional District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2020 (partial returns from 1876) · 37 presidential cycles · 37 with a vote-share denominator · 33 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
85.4%
219,111 votes · D+71.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 85.3%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
55.8%
87,964 votes · R+25.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · 49.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
245,921votes
85.1% of the vote · D+71.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 227,084 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
112,217votes
39.3% of the vote · D+21.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 110,688 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Hillary Clinton2016
+72.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+74.4 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · +68.7 pts
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
−0.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+25.6 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · −2.3 pts
Current officeholders
Federal officeholders only. State and local officeholders are planned for the next data pass.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each result reflects the U.S. House district as it was drawn for that election; redistricting has redrawn these lines over time, so they can differ from the current 120th-Congress district shown on the map above.
New York's 10th congressional district, as drawn for the 2026 elections, takes in parts of New York and Kings counties. About 777,000 people live within its 2026 boundaries, with a median age of 36.4. Measured on those boundaries, the district has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 2012, by narrowing margins. The margin was D+72.1 in 2012, D+74.4 in 2016, D+71.2 in 2020, and D+61.1 in 2024.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 74.4 points in 2016 and a Republican high of 25.6 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 10.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 61.1 points.
A population of 776,972, a 49% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $117,000 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Congressional District 12 and Congressional District 11.
The congressional districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
Open the source-auditable district brief for electoral baseline, electorate, current-cycle coverage, geography, official dates, and methodology. Open campaign intelligence report → · Browse all comparisons →
New York 10th Congressional District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/cd/3610/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.