- Lead
- 52,902
- Total
- 372,260
- vs nation
- D+15.7
New York 20th Congressional District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 73,389
- Total
- 383,951
- vs nation
- D+14.7
- Lead
- 40,637
- Total
- 343,236
- vs nation
- D+9.7
- Lead
- 65,258
- Total
- 328,945
- vs nation
- D+16.0
- Lead
- 64,955
- Total
- 353,995
- vs nation
- D+11.1
- Lead
- 39,039
- Total
- 349,306
- vs nation
- D+13.6
- Lead
- 52,180
- Total
- 329,991
- vs nation
- D+15.3
- Lead
- 76,494
- Total
- 321,779
- vs nation
- D+15.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+14.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 776,9272024 5-year
- Population density
- 569 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,366 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $86,4912024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 71.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+49.2 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+29.2 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Congressional District 2, MA · twin score 86.2
presidential history
Party record book
New York 20th 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
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
74.6%
230,443 votes · D+49.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 58.8%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
64.6%
205,940 votes · R+29.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 59.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
230,443votes
74.6% of the vote · D+49.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 224,396 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
205,940votes
64.6% of the vote · R+29.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 191,566 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
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
+26.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+49.2 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Smith, 1928 · +18.3 pts
Republican
William H. Taft1912
+21.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+2.3 · U.S. D+19.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alf Landon, 1936 · +16.2 pts
Current officeholders
Federal officeholders only. State and local officeholders are planned for the next data pass.
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 20th congressional district, as drawn for the 2026 elections, takes in Albany and Schenectady counties and parts of Saratoga, Rensselaer, and Montgomery. About 776,900 people live within its 2026 boundaries, with a median age of 39.7. Measured on those boundaries, the district has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 2012, by narrowing margins. The margin was D+19.8 in 2012, D+11.8 in 2016, D+19.1 in 2020, and D+14.1 in 2024.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 49.2 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 29.2 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.2 points.
A population of 776,927, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $86,491 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Congressional District 2 and Congressional District 19.
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 20th Congressional District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/cd/3620/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.