- Lead
- 19,480
- Total
- 72,684
- vs nation
- D+28.3
New York 88th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 27,163
- Total
- 73,026
- vs nation
- D+32.7
- Lead
- 22,678
- Total
- 67,116
- vs nation
- D+31.7
- Lead
- 15,676
- Total
- 61,828
- vs nation
- D+21.5
- Lead
- 18,219
- Total
- 65,777
- vs nation
- D+20.4
- Lead
- 11,363
- Total
- 63,056
- vs nation
- D+20.5
- Lead
- 12,625
- Total
- 59,436
- vs nation
- D+20.7
- Lead
- 11,707
- Total
- 55,499
- vs nation
- D+12.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+26.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 139,6212024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,934 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 28.3 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $183,0352024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 61.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 8.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 15.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+37.2 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+44.1 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Assembly District 93, NY · twin score 97.5
presidential history
Party record book
New York 88th 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
Joe Biden2020
68.0%
49,680 votes · D+37.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 64.6%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
72.0%
42,983 votes · R+44.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 66.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
49,680votes
68.0% of the vote · D+37.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 43,389 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
42,983votes
72.0% of the vote · R+44.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 41,488 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
Joe Biden2020
+32.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+37.2 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · +31.7 pts
Republican
Wendell Willkie1940
+37.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+27.4 · U.S. D+9.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1944 · +36.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | 66.0%39,315 | 34.0%20,292 | 59,607 |
Assembly District 88 delivered a 26.8-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, reflecting the dense, immigrant-rich neighborhoods of central Queens that have defined its voting patterns for more than a generation.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 37.2 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 44.1 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 10.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 26.8 points.
A population of 139,621, a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $183,035 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Assembly District 93 and Assembly District 92.
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 88th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/36088/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.