- Lead
- 6,470
- Total
- 156,000
- vs nation
- D+5.6
New York 39th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 15,104
- Total
- 154,687
- vs nation
- D+5.3
- Lead
- 1,422
- Total
- 134,872
- vs nation
- R+1.0
- Lead
- 11,593
- Total
- 127,033
- vs nation
- D+5.3
- Lead
- 13,390
- Total
- 136,254
- vs nation
- D+2.6
- Lead
- 4,024
- Total
- 128,136
- vs nation
- R+0.7
- Lead
- 2,011
- Total
- 114,751
- vs nation
- D+1.2
- Lead
- 8,663
- Total
- 105,873
- vs nation
- R+0.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+4.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 321,4392024 5-year
- Population density
- 659 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 488 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $100,3752024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 59.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 12.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 19.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+27.3 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+53.5 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 11, NJ · twin score 90.7
presidential history
Party record book
New York 39th 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
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
63.6%
49,864 votes · D+27.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 54.3%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
76.7%
51,450 votes · R+53.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 69.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
83,510votes
54.0% of the vote · D+9.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 74,015 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
68,406votes
44.2% of the vote · D+9.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 67,983 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
Alton B. Parker1904
+5.6pts D vs U.S.
Place R+14.1 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +5.3 pts
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
+38.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+53.5 · U.S. R+15.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1948 · +33.5 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 | 54.2%76,786 | 45.8%64,812 | 141,598 |
New York 39th State Senate District sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 27.3 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 53.5 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 4.1 points.
A population of 321,439, a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $100,375 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 11 and State Senate District 40.
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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