- Lead
- 19,660
- Total
- 140,408
- vs nation
- D+15.5
New York 48th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 26,073
- Total
- 143,825
- vs nation
- D+13.7
- Lead
- 18,378
- Total
- 129,865
- vs nation
- D+12.1
- Lead
- 32,565
- Total
- 126,928
- vs nation
- D+21.8
- Lead
- 33,153
- Total
- 135,990
- vs nation
- D+17.1
- Lead
- 19,842
- Total
- 135,300
- vs nation
- D+17.1
- Lead
- 23,022
- Total
- 128,428
- vs nation
- D+17.4
- Lead
- 24,917
- Total
- 122,350
- vs nation
- D+11.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+14.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 325,3592024 5-year
- Population density
- 264 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,234 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $65,9972024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 68.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 14.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+40.8 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+40.3 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 46, NY · twin score 90.4
presidential history
Party record book
New York 48th 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
70.4%
88,922 votes · D+40.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 61.9%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
70.2%
83,239 votes · R+40.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 65.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
88,922votes
70.4% of the vote · D+40.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 83,316 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
83,239votes
70.2% of the vote · R+40.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 80,374 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
+21.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+25.7 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · +18.2 pts
Republican
Alf Landon1936
+34.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+10.5 · U.S. D+24.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · +24.9 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 | 57.0%79,321 | 43.0%59,960 | 139,281 |
| 2020 | R | 46.4%71,128 | 53.6%82,247 | 153,375 |
New York 48th State Senate District sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 40.8 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 40.3 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.0 points.
A population of 325,359, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,997 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 46 and State Senate District 56.
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 48th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/36048/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.