- Lead
- 2,583
- Total
- 92,317
- vs nation
- R+1.3
New York 23rd State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 13,626
- Total
- 104,155
- vs nation
- D+8.6
- Lead
- 18,706
- Total
- 89,147
- vs nation
- D+18.9
- Lead
- 26,074
- Total
- 81,951
- vs nation
- D+28.0
- Lead
- 21,167
- Total
- 87,215
- vs nation
- D+17.0
- Lead
- 11,111
- Total
- 82,442
- vs nation
- D+15.9
- Lead
- 25,994
- Total
- 73,013
- vs nation
- D+35.1
- Lead
- 23,704
- Total
- 65,351
- vs nation
- D+27.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+2.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 318,9372024 5-year
- Population density
- 18,651 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 17.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $62,7902024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 41.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 18.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 24.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+36.3 in 1996MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+63.5 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 19, NJ · twin score 92.3
presidential history
Party record book
New York 23rd 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
Al Gore2000
66.2%
48,349 votes · D+35.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 65.2%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
79.5%
38,638 votes · R+63.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · 74.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
58,460votes
56.1% of the vote · D+13.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 53,916 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
66,733votes
72.7% of the vote · R+45.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 63,707 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
+35.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+35.6 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · +28.0 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+46.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+52.3 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1944 · +38.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | D | 61.9%45,110 | 38.1%27,777 | 72,887 |
New York's 23rd State Senate District sits in shifting suburban territory where a 2.8-point Republican presidential margin signals meaningful realignment from the state's traditional Democratic lean.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 36.3 points in 1996 and a Republican high of 63.5 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 15.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.8 points.
A population of 318,937, a 42% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,790 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 15.
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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