- Lead
- 7,638
- Total
- 118,273
- vs nation
- D+7.9
New York 4th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 27,933
- Total
- 121,726
- vs nation
- D+18.5
- Lead
- 23,055
- Total
- 109,058
- vs nation
- D+19.1
- Lead
- 31,090
- Total
- 98,506
- vs nation
- D+27.7
- Lead
- 37,154
- Total
- 110,050
- vs nation
- D+26.5
- Lead
- 30,350
- Total
- 106,288
- vs nation
- D+31.0
- Lead
- 36,376
- Total
- 96,757
- vs nation
- D+37.1
- Lead
- 33,876
- Total
- 84,645
- vs nation
- D+31.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+6.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 324,7752024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,626 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 70.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $125,0832024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 32.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 16.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 43.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+50.7 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+31.5 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 36, NJ · twin score 91.2
presidential history
Party record book
New York 4th State Senate 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
Samuel J. Tilden1876
75.2%
1,395 votes · D+50.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Grover Cleveland, 1884 · 74.6%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
65.7%
19,754 votes · R+31.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 62.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
74,127votes
60.9% of the vote · D+22.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 73,300 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
46,194votes
37.9% of the vote · D+22.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · 41,199 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
Alton B. Parker1904
+41.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+22.0 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · +37.1 pts
Republican
Thomas E. Dewey1948
+21.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+17.2 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1944 · +20.0 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 | 50.3%56,616 | 49.7%55,876 | 112,492 |
With a 0.6-point Republican margin in 2024, this 324,000-resident district sits at the competitive edge of a state that leans heavily Democratic statewide, signaling a distinct local electorate worth watching in cycles ahead.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 50.7 points in 1876 and a Republican high of 31.5 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 16.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 6.5 points.
A population of 324,775, a 32% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $125,083 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 36 and State Senate District 6.
The state-senate 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 4th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/36004/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.