- Lead
- 32,492
- Total
- 139,482
- vs nation
- D+24.8
New York 6th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 51,592
- Total
- 143,399
- vs nation
- D+31.5
- Lead
- 45,638
- Total
- 129,743
- vs nation
- D+33.1
- Lead
- 42,320
- Total
- 114,623
- vs nation
- D+33.1
- Lead
- 48,710
- Total
- 128,741
- vs nation
- D+30.6
- Lead
- 43,635
- Total
- 123,640
- vs nation
- D+37.7
- Lead
- 57,050
- Total
- 123,440
- vs nation
- D+45.7
- Lead
- 51,287
- Total
- 113,351
- vs nation
- D+36.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+23.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 324,8042024 5-year
- Population density
- 8,020 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 40.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $133,7712024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 32.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 26.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 33.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+48.4 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+28.0 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 35, NY · twin score 93.9
presidential history
Party record book
New York 6th 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
74.1%
98,570 votes · D+48.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · 71.5%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
61.7%
4,328 votes · R+28.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 56.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
98,570votes
74.1% of the vote · D+48.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 96,596 votes
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
59,668votes
47.7% of the vote · D+4.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 53,526 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
+45.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+46.2 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +40.9 pts
Republican
Thomas E. Dewey1948
+21.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+17.5 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1944 · +18.2 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
The district recorded a Democratic presidential margin of D+23.3 in 2024, compared with D+37.8 in 2008. Median household income was $146,202 in the 2024 ACS 5-year, among the higher figures for a state senate district.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 48.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 28.0 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 12.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 23.3 points.
A population of 324,804, a 33% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $133,771 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 35 and State Senate District 22.
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 6th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/36006/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.