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New York 55th State House District
presidential margin
2008D+96.52012D+98.12016D+93.72020D+89.42024D+80.5
full record · 2008 → 2024
D+80.5
2024
median income$47,692U.S. $80,734 · NY $85,974
median age36.2U.S. 39.1 · NY 39.9
poverty rate30.9%U.S. 12.5% · NY 14.0%
bachelor’s+ (25+)42.1%U.S. 35.6% · NY 40.0%
non-english44.6%U.S. 22.3% · NY 30.9%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
African American†39.7%
Jamaican8.3%
Haitian6.7%
Puerto Rican5.5%
Mexican4.3%
Dominican4.1%
Aztec1.7%
Italian0.8%
American0.8%
Irish0.8%
Chinese1.0%
religion

Religious adherence is published only at the county level (U.S. Religion Census). See Kings County.

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024.

New York 55th State House District

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New York 55th State House DistrictHarrisD+80.5
2024
2024 presidential margin for New York 55th State House DistrictThe boundary of New York 55th State House District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (D+80.5), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.New York 55th State House District · D+80.5
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic89.6%29,850
Donald TrumpRepublican9.1%3,027
Jill SteinWrite-In1.4%452
D+60
R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 1 county it's drawn from (shown faint).
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.
County-level results (1 county) — table
2024 presidential result by county for New York 55th State House District — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Kings County, NYDemocraticD+43.0
5 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). † 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
D
89.6%Harris29,850
9.1%Trump3,027
1.4%Stein452
+80.5%
33,329
D
94.3%Biden35,099
4.9%Trump1,829
0.8%Jorgensen289
+89.4%
37,217
D
96.0%Clinton34,270
2.3%Trump808
1.7%Trump623
+93.7%
35,701
D
99.1%Obama34,166
0.9%Romney325
0.0%
+98.1%
34,491
D
98.2%Obama33,021
1.6%McCain553
0.2%McCain67
+96.5%
33,641
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2008–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 2008 to 2024. Most recent: +80.5% in 2024.+80.5%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008+96.5%
2012+98.1%
2016+93.7%
2020+89.4%
2024+80.5%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
DLatrice WalkerState House · 55

State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.

Source · OpenStates current legislator CSV.

Assembly District 55 covers a dense stretch of Queens where diverse immigrant communities have driven consistent double-digit Democratic margins in recent presidential cycles, making it one of the more reliably blue districts in the New York City delegation.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 98.1 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 8.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 80.5 points.

A population of 129,495, a 7% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $47,692 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Assembly District 60 and Assembly District 42.

Political twins — state-house districts

The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

Assembly District 60
New York
99.6twin score
2008–2020 trajectory
Assembly District 42
New York
99.4twin score
2008–2020 trajectory
Assembly District 56
New York
99.2twin score
2008–2020 trajectory

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.

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Frequently asked questions

How did New York 55th State House District vote in 2024?
In 2024, New York 55th State House District voted Democratic by 80.5 points (D+80.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 33,329 votes cast, 29,850 went Democratic and 3,027 went Republican.
How many people live in New York 55th State House District?
New York 55th State House District has a population of 129,495 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New York 55th State House District?
Median household income in New York 55th State House District is $47,692 — below the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of New York 55th State House District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in New York 55th State House District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.