- Lead
- 6,984
- Total
- 168,242
- vs nation
- R+2.7
New York 7th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 20,970
- Total
- 174,368
- vs nation
- D+7.6
- Lead
- 13,680
- Total
- 152,094
- vs nation
- D+6.9
- Lead
- 14,101
- Total
- 133,951
- vs nation
- D+6.7
- Lead
- 16,770
- Total
- 149,648
- vs nation
- D+3.9
- Lead
- 12,203
- Total
- 146,348
- vs nation
- D+10.8
- Lead
- 30,995
- Total
- 139,311
- vs nation
- D+21.7
- Lead
- 28,636
- Total
- 128,711
- vs nation
- D+13.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+4.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 325,4092024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,721 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 120 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $157,9222024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 60.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 11.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+23.9 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+55.0 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 5, NY · twin score 95.5
presidential history
Party record book
New York 7th 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
61.9%
92,311 votes · D+23.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · 59.3%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
75.4%
7,637 votes · R+55.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 69.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
96,532votes
55.4% of the vote · D+12.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 92,311 votes
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
99,746votes
61.9% of the vote · R+24.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 89,209 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
+21.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+22.2 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bill Clinton, 1996 · +13.7 pts
Republican
Thomas E. Dewey1948
+46.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+41.9 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1944 · +43.3 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%79,107 | 48.8%75,268 | 154,375 |
With a 0.4-point Democratic presidential lean in 2024, this state senate district sits at the competitive edge of New York's political map, making it a reliable bellwether for statewide shifts in suburban and regional sentiment.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 23.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 55.0 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 16.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 4.2 points.
A population of 325,409, a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $157,922 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 5 and State Senate District 38.
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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