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New York 42nd State Senate District
presidential margin
2008D+1.12012D+2.42016R+8.02020R+2.52024R+11.5
full record · 2008 → 2024
R+11.5
2024
median income$99,437U.S. $80,734 · NY $85,974
median age36.3U.S. 39.1 · NY 39.9
poverty rate12.3%U.S. 12.5% · NY 14.0%
bachelor’s+ (25+)32.5%U.S. 35.6% · NY 40.0%
non-english30.2%U.S. 22.3% · NY 30.9%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
Irish14.7%
Italian13.7%
German10.0%
Puerto Rican7.3%
Mexican4.2%
Dominican2.8%
African American†6.3%
Jamaican1.4%
Haitian0.7%
Chinese1.2%
Asian Indian0.8%
Filipino0.5%
religion

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

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

New York 42nd State Senate District

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New York 42nd State Senate DistrictTrumpR+11.5
2024
2024 presidential margin for New York 42nd State Senate DistrictThe boundary of New York 42nd State Senate District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (R+11.5), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.New York 42nd State Senate District · R+11.5
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican55.6%78,376
Kamala HarrisDemocratic44.1%62,161
Jill SteinWrite-In0.2%342
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 42nd State Senate District — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Orange County, NYRepublicanR+8.4
5 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
44.1%Harris62,161
55.6%Trump78,376
0.2%Stein342
−11.5%
140,879
R
48.0%Biden65,481
50.6%Trump68,904
1.4%Jorgensen1,919
−2.5%
136,304
R
43.6%Clinton52,794
51.7%Trump62,518
4.7%Trump5,702
−8.0%
121,014
D
51.2%Obama55,944
48.8%Romney53,277
0.0%
+2.4%
109,221
D
49.9%Obama60,436
48.8%McCain59,057
1.3%McCain1,583
+1.1%
121,076
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: −11.5% in 2024.flipped R · 2016−11.5%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008+1.1%
2012+2.4%
2016−8.0%
2020−2.5%
2024−11.5%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
DJames SkoufisState Senate · 42

State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.

Source · OpenStates current legislator CSV.

In 2024 it voted Republican by R+11.5, against D+1.1 in 2008, having changed party at least once across the five cycles. About 356,000 residents lived here, with White alone at 62% in the 2024 ACS 5-year.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 2.4 points in 2012 and a Republican high of 11.5 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 9.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 11.5 points.

A population of 317,147, a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $99,437 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 39 and State Senate District 14.

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 39
New York
81.4twin score
% Evangelicalpopulation scaleelasticity≠ median age
State Senate District 14
Pennsylvania
78.2twin score
elasticity12-yr trendpopulation scale≠ median age
State Senate District 12
New Jersey
78.0twin score
elasticity% Evangelical12-yr trend≠ median age

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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Places within New York 42nd State Senate District

counties it covers1
Orange County

Frequently asked questions

How did New York 42nd State Senate District vote in 2024?
In 2024, New York 42nd State Senate District voted Republican by 11.5 points (R+11.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 140,879 votes cast, 62,161 went Democratic and 78,376 went Republican.
When did New York 42nd State Senate District last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which New York 42nd State Senate District voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in New York 42nd State Senate District?
New York 42nd State Senate District has a population of 317,147 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New York 42nd State Senate District?
Median household income in New York 42nd State Senate District is $99,437 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of New York 42nd State Senate District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in New York 42nd State Senate District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 3 went Republican.