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Assembly District 120·New York

New York 120th State House District delivered R+23 in 2024 — Republican for decades.

New York's most reliably Republican assembly district by presidential margin

1876 — 2024·38 elections
NY
Latest
R+23
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
147,922
2024 ACS

New York 120th State House District, New York: Republican loyalist district. In 2024, voted R+23%. Republican peak: R+52 in 1956.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+23MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Republican loyalistAkashic typology
Population
147,9222024 5-year
Median household income
$68,7282024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
90.5%2024 5-year
Black
1.7%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
3.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+34 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+52 in 1956MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
3 counties · 0 D · 3 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−23.1%
25,54540,94166,676
R
−19.1%
26,45539,27767,208
R
−21.0%
21,40633,86059,440
D
+7.1%
28,89424,95855,135
D
+2.2%
30,50129,16260,846
R
−4.6%
29,55832,47063,411
R
−0.5%
28,19328,48059,581
D
+8.4%
25,59120,85756,085
R
−2.4%
21,16522,67662,459
R
−14.7%
23,03331,07654,605
R
−36.2%
18,00238,56156,802
R
−16.9%
19,28228,24352,933
R
−19.0%
20,56730,28651,089
R
−41.8%
14,90236,34851,365
R
−13.7%
19,06025,51647,220
D
+34.3%
32,55915,91348,502
R
−19.9%
20,76031,06651,846
R
−51.9%
12,00037,94149,942
R
−40.6%
15,18635,96351,193
R
−18.5%
17,15825,19643,489
R
−21.0%
17,05726,12343,232
R
−25.1%
17,96530,03948,127
R
−32.1%
15,19029,91945,836
R
−16.7%
17,48924,63642,889
R
−30.1%
15,53429,19145,319
R
−38.2%
10,23524,63337,696
R
−38.1%
10,29523,78635,447
R
−20.2%
8,33612,85422,397
R
−4.8%
6,9507,96420,954
R
−23.8%
8,14113,78723,691
R
−27.4%
8,10814,76324,253
R
−24.7%
8,67214,66124,247
R
−27.1%
8,37114,79223,700
R
−17.7%
8,80712,88223,039
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
18.1%
English
14.8%
German
14.4%
Italian
12.2%
American
5.6%
Polish
5.1%
French
4.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 40.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.1%
2.3%
75–84
2.7%
5.5%
65–74
5.6%
7.4%
55–64
7.3%
5.8%
45–54
5.8%
6.0%
35–44
5.7%
6.4%
25–34
6.0%
5.8%
18–24
5.0%
8.0%
5–17
7.5%
2.7%
<5
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$68,728
Assembly District 120 ranks near the middle of US counties.
Assembly District 120$68,728
New York$85,974
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
15.8%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.8%
Working age (18–64)14.3%
Seniors (65+)9.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.4%
speak English only
Spanish1.9%
Other Indo-European1.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.7%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
23.4%
Other Christian
5.2%
Methodist
4.2%
Mainline Protestant
1.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.2%
Baptist
0.6%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

AD-120 covers the rural Southern Tier, where a 25-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 makes it one of the sharpest conservative anchors in an otherwise Democratic-leaning state legislature.

The Republican margin in New York 120th State House District reached its widest at fifty-two points in 1956. The margin in 2024 was twenty-three points, in line with the district's deep historical pattern.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $68,728, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 147,922 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Assembly District 120, New York vote in 2024?
In 2024, Assembly District 120, New York voted Republican by 23.1 points (R+23), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 66,676 votes cast, 25,545 went Democratic and 40,941 went Republican.
What is Assembly District 120, New York's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Assembly District 120, New York as a "Republican loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 4 times, Republican 30 times, and other 0 times.
When did Assembly District 120, New York last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Assembly District 120, New York voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Assembly District 120, New York?
Assembly District 120, New York has a population of 147,922 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Assembly District 120, New York?
Median household income in Assembly District 120, New York is $68,728 — below the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of Assembly District 120, New York?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Assembly District 120, New York from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 30 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Republican loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.