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New York 12th State Senate District
presidential margin
2008D+44.22012D+56.42016D+51.02020D+42.42024D+22.1
full record · 2008 → 2024
D+22.1
2024
median income$82,158U.S. $80,734 · NY $85,974
median age38.9U.S. 39.1 · NY 39.9
poverty rate11.8%U.S. 12.5% · NY 14.0%
bachelor’s+ (25+)36.1%U.S. 35.6% · NY 40.0%
non-english55.4%U.S. 22.3% · NY 30.9%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
Italian7.8%
Irish5.8%
American4.5%
Ecuadorian6.1%
Dominican5.4%
Mexican4.7%
Chinese11.7%
Asian Indian5.8%
Bangladeshi3.0%
Aztec1.5%
African American†1.2%
Jamaican0.6%
Guyanese0.5%
religion

Religious adherence is published only at the county level (U.S. Religion Census). See Queens County.

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024.

New York 12th State Senate District

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New York 12th State Senate DistrictHarrisD+22.1
2024
2024 presidential margin for New York 12th State Senate DistrictThe boundary of New York 12th State Senate District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (D+22.1), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.New York 12th State Senate District · D+22.1
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic59.6%56,090
Donald TrumpRepublican37.6%35,349
Jill SteinWrite-In2.8%2,623
D+60
R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 1 county it's drawn from (shown faint).
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.
County-level results (1 county) — table
2024 presidential result by county for New York 12th State Senate District — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Queens County, NYDemocraticD+24.1
5 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
D
59.6%Harris56,090
37.6%Trump35,349
2.8%Stein2,623
+22.1%
94,062
D
70.5%Biden73,208
28.1%Trump29,197
1.4%Jorgensen1,489
+42.4%
103,894
D
73.6%Clinton64,549
22.6%Trump19,857
3.8%Trump3,299
+51.0%
87,705
D
78.2%Obama54,636
21.8%Romney15,244
0.0%
+56.4%
69,880
D
71.6%Obama54,108
27.4%McCain20,721
1.0%McCain792
+44.2%
75,621
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2008–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 2008 to 2024. Most recent: +22.1% in 2024.+22.1%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008+44.2%
2012+56.4%
2016+51.0%
2020+42.4%
2024+22.1%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
DMike GianarisState Senate · 12

State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.

Source · OpenStates current legislator CSV.

The district recorded a Democratic presidential margin of D+22.1 in 2024, compared with D+44.2 in 2008. No racial group formed a majority of its residents in the 2024 ACS 5-year, with Hispanic or Latino residents at 28.1%.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 56.4 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 20.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.1 points.

A population of 319,714, a 37% 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 11.

Political twins — state-senate districts

The state-senate districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

State Senate District 15
New York
96.7twin score
12-yr trend% Asian2012–2016 trajectory
State Senate District 11
New York
93.0twin score
12-yr trend% Asian2012–2016 trajectory≠ elasticity
State Senate District 16
New York
91.6twin score
12-yr trend% Asian2012–2016 trajectory≠ % Latino

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.

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Frequently asked questions

How did New York 12th State Senate District vote in 2024?
In 2024, New York 12th State Senate District voted Democratic by 22.1 points (D+22.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 94,062 votes cast, 56,090 went Democratic and 35,349 went Republican.
How many people live in New York 12th State Senate District?
New York 12th State Senate District has a population of 319,714 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New York 12th State Senate District?
Median household income in New York 12th State Senate District is $82,158 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of New York 12th State Senate District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in New York 12th State Senate District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.