- Lead
- 12,082
- Total
- 43,921
- vs nation
- D+29.0
New York 61st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 21,086
- Total
- 49,784
- vs nation
- D+37.9
- Lead
- 18,823
- Total
- 43,246
- vs nation
- D+41.4
- Lead
- 21,364
- Total
- 40,312
- vs nation
- D+49.1
- Lead
- 21,335
- Total
- 42,480
- vs nation
- D+43.0
- Lead
- 16,594
- Total
- 39,414
- vs nation
- D+44.6
- Lead
- 20,578
- Total
- 38,264
- vs nation
- D+53.3
- Lead
- 18,422
- Total
- 34,644
- vs nation
- D+44.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+27.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 138,1912024 5-year
- Population density
- 18,425 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 7.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $100,9502024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 32.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 22.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 30.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+53.8 in 2000MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+21.3 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Assembly District 31, NJ · twin score 93.8
presidential history
Party record book
New York 61st 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
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
76.5%
21,838 votes · D+53.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 75.8%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
55.9%
7,366 votes · R+21.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 54.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
35,193votes
70.7% of the vote · D+42.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 31,710 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
14,107votes
28.3% of the vote · D+42.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 12,493 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
+53.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+53.8 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Smith, 1928 · +50.8 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+4.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+10.7 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · −4.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | D | 58.8%23,430 | 41.2%16,448 | 39,878 |
AD-61 recorded a D+27.5 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the most lopsided state house districts in New York. Its urban density and demographic composition consistently produce some of the state's widest electoral spreads.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 53.8 points in 2000 and a Republican high of 21.3 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 14.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 27.5 points.
A population of 138,191, a 32% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $100,950 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Assembly District 31 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.
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