- Lead
- 22,721
- Total
- 151,397
- vs nation
- D+16.5
New York 46th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 31,062
- Total
- 156,026
- vs nation
- D+15.5
- Lead
- 20,219
- Total
- 142,142
- vs nation
- D+12.1
- Lead
- 31,342
- Total
- 137,258
- vs nation
- D+19.0
- Lead
- 30,533
- Total
- 149,045
- vs nation
- D+13.2
- Lead
- 22,192
- Total
- 149,735
- vs nation
- D+17.3
- Lead
- 28,630
- Total
- 144,870
- vs nation
- D+19.2
- Lead
- 39,681
- Total
- 144,442
- vs nation
- D+19.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+15.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 315,0702024 5-year
- Population density
- 302 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,044 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $83,4342024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 70.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 10.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+49.2 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+27.5 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 48, NY · twin score 90.4
presidential history
Party record book
New York 46th 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
74.5%
118,362 votes · D+49.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 60.3%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
62.6%
106,032 votes · R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 61.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
118,362votes
74.5% of the vote · D+49.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 93,191 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
106,032votes
62.6% of the vote · R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 98,611 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
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
+26.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+49.2 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Michael Dukakis, 1988 · +20.4 pts
Republican
William H. Taft1912
+22.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+2.9 · U.S. D+19.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Charles E. Hughes, 1916 · +14.2 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 | 62.4%77,650 | 37.6%46,792 | 124,442 |
New York SD-46 covers part of Staten Island, the city's most Republican borough, where working-class homeowner communities and a large Italian-American population have pushed the district rightward relative to the rest of New York City.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 49.2 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 27.5 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.0 points.
A population of 315,070, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $83,434 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 48 and State Senate District 44.
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
Open the source-auditable district brief for electoral baseline, electorate, current-cycle coverage, geography, official dates, and methodology. Open campaign intelligence report → · Browse all comparisons →
New York 46th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/36046/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.