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State Senate District 40·New York

New York 40th State Senate District delivered D+13 in 2024 — Democratic for the long memory.

A suburban swing seat decided by fewer than two points in 2024

20082024·5 elections
NY
Latest
D+13
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
321,122
2024 ACS

New York 40th State Senate District, New York: Democratic loyalist district. In 2024, voted D+13%. Democratic peak: D+23 in 2020.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+13MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Democratic loyalistAkashic typology
Population
321,1222024 5-year
Median household income
$120,2852024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
58.0%2024 5-year
Black
11.0%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
25.3%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+23 in 2020MIT Election Lab
3 counties · 1 D · 2 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+13.5%
87,62966,731155,188
D
+22.7%
94,57559,206155,586
D
+19.3%
80,87953,820140,391
D
+14.9%
73,43654,125129,250
D
+17.3%
80,07056,219137,489

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Italian
16.0%
Irish
12.4%
German
6.7%
American
5.7%
English
4.4%
Polish
2.9%
French
0.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
67.9%
speak English only
Spanish19.1%
Other Indo-European8.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander3.1%
Other languages1.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
41.6%
Non-Christian
6.3%
Other Christian
3.5%
Mainline Protestant
2.6%
Baptist
1.4%
Methodist
1.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 42.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

New York's 40th State Senate District sits at the competitive edge of the state's political map, where a 2024 presidential margin of R+1.7 signals a true battleground constituency rather than a safe seat for either major party.

The Democratic margin in New York 40th State Senate District reached its widest at twenty-three points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was thirteen points — still decisive.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $120,285, a 58% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 321,122 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

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All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
State Senate District 40, New York — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/sld-upper/36040/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 40, New York vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 40, New York voted Democratic by 13.5 points (D+13), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 155,188 votes cast, 87,629 went Democratic and 66,731 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 40, New York's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 40, New York as a "Democratic loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 5 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 5 times, Republican 0 times, and other 0 times.
How many people live in State Senate District 40, New York?
State Senate District 40, New York has a population of 321,122 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State Senate District 40, New York?
Median household income in State Senate District 40, New York is $120,285 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of State Senate District 40, New York?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in State Senate District 40, New York from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Democratic loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.