- Lead
- 29,250
- Total
- 182,305
- vs nation
- R+14.6
New York 5th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 6,227
- Total
- 188,321
- vs nation
- R+7.8
- Lead
- 15,581
- Total
- 165,983
- vs nation
- R+11.5
- Lead
- 12,033
- Total
- 145,182
- vs nation
- R+12.1
- Lead
- 12,180
- Total
- 162,248
- vs nation
- R+14.8
- Lead
- 16,396
- Total
- 158,111
- vs nation
- R+7.9
- Lead
- 6,275
- Total
- 148,140
- vs nation
- D+3.7
- Lead
- 6,758
- Total
- 136,845
- vs nation
- R+3.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+16.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 325,3872024 5-year
- Population density
- 5,084 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 64 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $154,4232024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 68.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 13.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+5.3 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+64.8 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 7, NY · twin score 95.5
presidential history
Party record book
New York 5th State Senate District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1900–2020 · 31 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
52.6%
83,106 votes · D+5.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · 50.2%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
80.6%
9,992 votes · R+64.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 76.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
89,759votes
47.7% of the vote · R+3.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 83,106 votes
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
132,099votes
70.5% of the vote · R+41.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 117,844 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
Al Gore2000
+3.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+4.2 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bill Clinton, 1996 · −3.6 pts
Republican
Thomas E. Dewey1948
+60.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+55.7 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1944 · +58.2 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 | 51.2%79,102 | 48.8%75,263 | 154,365 |
New York 5th State Senate District sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 5.3 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 64.8 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 12.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.0 points.
A population of 325,387, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $154,423 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 7 and State Senate District 9.
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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