- Lead
- 24,108
- Total
- 48,385
- vs nation
- D+51.3
New York 50th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 24,708
- Total
- 48,358
- vs nation
- D+46.6
- Lead
- 25,796
- Total
- 37,228
- vs nation
- D+67.2
- Lead
- 24,625
- Total
- 33,938
- vs nation
- D+68.7
- Lead
- 23,587
- Total
- 34,697
- vs nation
- D+60.7
- Lead
- 18,802
- Total
- 31,033
- vs nation
- D+63.0
- Lead
- 20,485
- Total
- 28,764
- vs nation
- D+70.7
- Lead
- 17,899
- Total
- 25,305
- vs nation
- D+62.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+49.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 140,7362024 5-year
- Population density
- 46,912 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 3 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $124,4262024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 72.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 13.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+72.6 in 2012MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+23.9 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 184, PA · twin score 85.8
presidential history
Party record book
New York 50th 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
85.5%
29,032 votes · D+72.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 83.6%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
53.7%
10,379 votes · R+23.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · 48.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
36,315votes
75.1% of the vote · D+51.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 32,893 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
16,304votes
37.8% of the vote · D+24.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 15,818 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
+70.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+71.2 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · +68.7 pts
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
−2.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+23.9 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · −4.0 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.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+49.8, Assembly District 50 sits among the deepest-blue legislative seats in the state, reflecting a densely urban electorate where Democratic candidates routinely face little competitive opposition.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 72.6 points in 2012 and a Republican high of 23.9 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 49.8 points.
A population of 140,736, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $124,426 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 184 and State House District 25.
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 50th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/36050/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.