- Lead
- 21,002
- Total
- 93,593
- vs nation
- D+23.9
New York 12th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 44,296
- Total
- 103,877
- vs nation
- D+38.2
- Lead
- 45,023
- Total
- 88,055
- vs nation
- D+49.0
- Lead
- 43,259
- Total
- 75,836
- vs nation
- D+53.2
- Lead
- 39,565
- Total
- 81,827
- vs nation
- D+41.1
- Lead
- 32,267
- Total
- 77,553
- vs nation
- D+44.1
- Lead
- 36,085
- Total
- 71,259
- vs nation
- D+50.1
- Lead
- 32,446
- Total
- 66,307
- vs nation
- D+40.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+22.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 319,7142024 5-year
- Population density
- 31,345 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 10.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $82,1582024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 33.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 32.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+57.0 in 2012MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+44.4 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 15, NY · twin score 96.1
presidential history
Party record book
New York 12th 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
Barack Obama2012
77.8%
59,002 votes · D+57.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 73.7%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
68.6%
12,508 votes · R+44.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 61.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
73,539votes
70.8% of the vote · D+42.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 67,872 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
62,705votes
61.3% of the vote · R+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 60,047 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
Barack Obama2012
+53.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+57.0 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · +50.1 pts
Republican
Thomas E. Dewey1944
+29.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+22.2 · U.S. D+7.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Wendell Willkie, 1940 · +23.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | 67.4%59,373 | 32.6%28,767 | 88,140 |
New York 12th State Senate District sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 57.0 points in 2012 and a Republican high of 44.4 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 20.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.4 points.
A population of 319,714, a 33% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $82,158 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 15 and State Senate District 13.
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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