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New York 71st State House District
presidential margin
2008D+86.42012D+89.52016D+86.72020D+80.02024D+67.5
full record · 2008 → 2024
D+67.5
2024
median income$70,241U.S. $80,734 · NY $85,974
median age38.5U.S. 39.1 · NY 39.9
poverty rate21.6%U.S. 12.5% · NY 14.0%
bachelor’s+ (25+)64.2%U.S. 35.6% · NY 40.0%
non-english36.9%U.S. 22.3% · NY 30.9%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
Dominican17.5%
Puerto Rican8.8%
Mexican4.3%
African American†22.3%
African1.7%
Jamaican1.4%
Irish4.1%
Italian3.5%
German3.3%
Chinese2.1%
Asian Indian0.8%
Korean0.4%
religion

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

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

New York 71st State House District

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New York 71st State House DistrictHarrisD+67.5
2024
2024 presidential margin for New York 71st State House DistrictThe boundary of New York 71st State House District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (D+67.5), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.New York 71st State House District · D+67.5
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic82.8%40,151
Donald TrumpRepublican15.3%7,417
Jill SteinWrite-In1.9%907
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 71st State House District — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
New York County, NYDemocraticD+63.6
5 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
D
82.8%Harris40,151
15.3%Trump7,417
1.9%Stein907
+67.5%
48,475
D
89.4%Biden45,858
9.4%Trump4,836
1.2%Jorgensen594
+80.0%
51,288
D
91.8%Clinton45,663
5.0%Trump2,510
3.2%Trump1,588
+86.7%
49,761
D
94.8%Obama44,973
5.2%Romney2,481
0.0%
+89.5%
47,454
D
92.9%Obama46,383
6.4%McCain3,213
0.7%McCain343
+86.4%
49,939
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: +67.5% in 2024.+67.5%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008+86.4%
2012+89.5%
2016+86.7%
2020+80.0%
2024+67.5%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
DAl TaylorState House · 71

State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.

Source · OpenStates current legislator CSV.

Assembly District 71 sits in a mid-sized New York region where presidential margins have shifted roughly 12 points rightward since 2012, reflecting broader rural-suburban realignment patterns that have complicated Democratic statewide coalitions.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 89.5 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 12.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 67.5 points.

A population of 132,163, a 26% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,241 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Assembly District 68 and Assembly District 70.

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 68
New York
99.4twin score
2008–2020 trajectory
Assembly District 70
New York
97.6twin score
2008–2020 trajectory≠ % Black
Assembly District 89
New York
95.1twin score
2008–2020 trajectory≠ % Catholic

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 71st State House District vote in 2024?
In 2024, New York 71st State House District voted Democratic by 67.5 points (D+67.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 48,475 votes cast, 40,151 went Democratic and 7,417 went Republican.
How many people live in New York 71st State House District?
New York 71st State House District has a population of 132,163 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New York 71st State House District?
Median household income in New York 71st State House District is $70,241 — below the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of New York 71st State House District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in New York 71st State House District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.