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New York 21st State Senate District
presidential margin
2008D+65.72012D+70.02016D+66.32020D+63.42024D+51.2
full record · 20082024
D+51.2
2024
median income$85,566U.S. $80,734 · NY $85,974
median age40.5U.S. 39.1 · NY 39.9
poverty rate13.2%U.S. 12.5% · NY 14.0%
bachelor’s+ (25+)42.1%U.S. 35.6% · NY 40.0%
non-english44.6%U.S. 22.3% · NY 30.9%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
African American28.2%
Jamaican5.9%
Haitian4.7%
Italian3.1%
American2.8%
Irish2.8%
Puerto Rican3.2%
Mexican2.5%
Dominican2.3%
Chinese5.3%
Asian Indian0.8%
Pakistani0.6%
Aztec1.1%
religion

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

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

New York 21st State Senate District

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New York 21st State Senate DistrictHarrisD+51.2
2024
2024 presidential margin for New York 21st State Senate DistrictThe boundary of New York 21st State Senate District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (D+51.2), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.New York 21st State Senate District · D+51.2
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala HarrisDemocratic74.6%82,439
Donald TrumpRepublican23.4%25,894
Jill SteinWrite-In2.0%2,167
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 21st State Senate District — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Kings County, NYDemocraticD+43.0
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). † 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
D
74.6%Harris82,439
23.4%Trump25,894
2.0%Stein2,167
+51.2%
110,500
D
81.3%Biden95,605
17.9%Trump21,023
0.9%Jorgensen1,018
+63.4%
117,646
D
81.9%Clinton87,334
15.6%Trump16,652
2.4%Trump2,588
+66.3%
106,574
D
85.0%Obama85,363
15.0%Romney15,042
0.0%
+70.0%
100,405
D
82.6%Obama86,360
16.9%McCain17,675
0.5%McCain520
+65.7%
104,555
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: +51.2% in 2024.+51.2%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008+65.7%
2012+70.0%
2016+66.3%
2020+63.4%
2024+51.2%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
DKevin ParkerState Senate · 21

State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.

The district recorded a Democratic presidential margin of D+51.2 in 2024, compared with D+65.7 in 2008. No racial group formed a majority of its residents in the 2024 ACS 5-year, with White residents at 37.9%.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 70.0 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 12.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 51.2 points.

A population of 319,169, a 25% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $85,566 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 19 and State Senate District 25.

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.

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Frequently asked questions

How did New York 21st State Senate District vote in 2024?
In 2024, New York 21st State Senate District voted Democratic by 51.2 points (D+51.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 110,500 votes cast, 82,439 went Democratic and 25,894 went Republican.
How many people live in New York 21st State Senate District?
New York 21st State Senate District has a population of 319,169 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New York 21st State Senate District?
Median household income in New York 21st State Senate District is $85,566 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of New York 21st State Senate District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in New York 21st State Senate District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.