- Lead
- 31,163
- Total
- 65,365
- vs nation
- D+49.1
New York 32nd State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 60,345
- Total
- 80,881
- vs nation
- D+70.2
- Lead
- 69,929
- Total
- 77,942
- vs nation
- D+87.6
- Lead
- 67,575
- Total
- 73,346
- vs nation
- D+88.3
- Lead
- 66,316
- Total
- 74,161
- vs nation
- D+82.1
- Lead
- 53,690
- Total
- 64,429
- vs nation
- D+85.8
- Lead
- 51,746
- Total
- 59,352
- vs nation
- D+86.7
- Lead
- 48,697
- Total
- 55,840
- vs nation
- D+78.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+47.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 318,6012024 5-year
- Population density
- 67,787 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 4.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $38,0832024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 1.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 31.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 63.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+92.1 in 2012MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+0.7 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 33, NY · twin score 97.9
presidential history
Party record book
New York 32nd State Senate District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1916–2020 · 27 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
95.9%
70,319 votes · D+92.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 94.5%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
39.5%
9,666 votes · R+0.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 26.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
83,567votes
87.0% of the vote · D+74.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 80,823 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
23,500votes
24.8% of the vote · D+50.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 22,060 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
+88.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+92.1 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · +87.6 pts
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
−25.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+0.7 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1944 · −27.5 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a D+47.7 presidential margin, this district ranks among the most heavily Democratic in the state, reflecting the dense urban constituency that makes competitive general elections here virtually nonexistent.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 92.1 points in 2012 and a Republican high of 0.7 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 26.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 47.7 points.
A population of 318,601, a 2% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $38,083 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 33 and State Senate District 29.
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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New York 32nd State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/36032/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.