- Lead
- 17,648
- Total
- 39,458
- vs nation
- D+46.2
New York 137th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 22,735
- Total
- 45,017
- vs nation
- D+46.0
- Lead
- 23,909
- Total
- 44,059
- vs nation
- D+52.2
- Lead
- 24,957
- Total
- 43,447
- vs nation
- D+53.6
- Lead
- 26,798
- Total
- 46,366
- vs nation
- D+50.5
- Lead
- 19,560
- Total
- 41,783
- vs nation
- D+49.3
- Lead
- 18,921
- Total
- 39,072
- vs nation
- D+47.9
- Lead
- 21,025
- Total
- 39,041
- vs nation
- D+45.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+44.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 138,0832024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,649 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 29.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $44,6082024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 28.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 41.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 20.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+73.3 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+3.2 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 179, PA · twin score 95.3
presidential history
Party record book
New York 137th 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
86.7%
36,026 votes · D+73.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 78.6%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
45.4%
5,131 votes · R+1.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 43.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
36,425votes
78.6% of the vote · D+57.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 36,026 votes
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
13,058votes
38.2% of the vote · D+23.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 12,264 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
Jimmy Carter1980
+54.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+44.4 · U.S. R+9.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · +53.6 pts
Republican
Charles E. Hughes1916
−16.0pts R vs U.S.
Place D+19.1 · U.S. D+3.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1912 · −16.8 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin exceeding 44 points, AD-137 ranks among New York's most reliably left-leaning state house seats, reflecting a dense urban constituency where competitive general elections are effectively absent.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 73.3 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 3.2 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 44.7 points.
A population of 138,083, a 29% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $44,608 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 179 and State House District 203.
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 137th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/36137/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.