- Lead
- 14,960
- Total
- 67,569
- vs nation
- R+20.7
New York 20th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,013
- Total
- 68,261
- vs nation
- R+10.3
- Lead
- 2,244
- Total
- 59,221
- vs nation
- R+5.9
- Lead
- 1,345
- Total
- 51,843
- vs nation
- R+6.4
- Lead
- 1,147
- Total
- 58,028
- vs nation
- R+9.2
- Lead
- 2,587
- Total
- 56,540
- vs nation
- R+2.1
- Lead
- 5,142
- Total
- 53,198
- vs nation
- D+9.1
- Lead
- 5,063
- Total
- 49,146
- vs nation
- D+1.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+22.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 132,0442024 5-year
- Population density
- 5,817 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 22.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $138,8642024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 72.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 16.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+11.1 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+63.1 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Assembly District 14, NY · twin score 97.1
presidential history
Party record book
New York 20th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1900–2020 · 31 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
55.5%
31,549 votes · D+11.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · 53.0%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
79.2%
3,362 votes · R+63.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 73.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
31,693votes
46.4% of the vote · R+5.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 31,549 votes
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
44,603votes
68.0% of the vote · R+36.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 39,818 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
Al Gore2000
+9.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+9.7 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bill Clinton, 1996 · +1.8 pts
Republican
Thomas E. Dewey1948
+55.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+51.4 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1944 · +54.0 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | 51.2%32,100 | 48.8%30,542 | 62,642 |
AD-20 recorded a 22.1-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the sharpest rightward outliers in a state legislature dominated by Democrats. Its political profile reflects the exurban and rural character typical of districts this far from New York City.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 11.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 63.1 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 16.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.1 points.
A population of 132,044, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $138,864 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Assembly District 14 and Assembly District 17.
The state-house 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
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