- Lead
- 4,118
- Total
- 30,739
- vs nation
- D+14.9
New York 39th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 14,418
- Total
- 34,338
- vs nation
- D+37.5
- Lead
- 17,388
- Total
- 30,471
- vs nation
- D+55.0
- Lead
- 16,519
- Total
- 26,442
- vs nation
- D+58.6
- Lead
- 15,440
- Total
- 28,370
- vs nation
- D+47.2
- Lead
- 12,893
- Total
- 26,739
- vs nation
- D+50.7
- Lead
- 13,922
- Total
- 24,633
- vs nation
- D+56.0
- Lead
- 12,513
- Total
- 22,746
- vs nation
- D+46.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+13.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 133,8572024 5-year
- Population density
- 70,451 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1.9 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $75,2082024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 13.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 54.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+62.5 in 2012MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+38.3 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Assembly District 38, NY · twin score 98.6
presidential history
Party record book
New York 39th State House 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 Obama2012
80.7%
21,342 votes · D+62.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 77.1%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
65.9%
3,846 votes · R+38.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 57.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
24,542votes
68.6% of the vote · D+37.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 24,251 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
19,252votes
57.3% of the vote · R+14.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 18,417 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
Barack Obama2012
+58.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+62.5 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · +56.0 pts
Republican
Thomas E. Dewey1944
+23.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+15.6 · U.S. D+7.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Wendell Willkie, 1940 · +15.4 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
New York 39th State House District sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 62.5 points in 2012 and a Republican high of 38.3 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 28.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 13.4 points.
A population of 133,857, a 13% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,208 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Assembly District 38 and Assembly District 35.
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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New York 39th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/36039/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.