Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the city’s overall result across 2004–2024, on current city boundaries.
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
HarrisDemocratic58.9%1,535TrumpRepublican39.8%1,036OtherAll other candidates1.3%34
D+19.2
Lead
499
Total
2,605
vs nation
D+20.6
BidenDemocratic60.9%1,757TrumpRepublican37.2%1,074OtherAll other candidates1.8%53
D+23.7
Lead
683
Total
2,884
vs nation
D+19.2
ClintonDemocratic55.8%1,422TrumpRepublican39.1%996OtherAll other candidates5.1%129
D+16.7
Lead
426
Total
2,547
vs nation
D+14.6
ObamaDemocratic53.4%1,284RomneyRepublican45.3%1,089OtherAll other candidates1.4%33
D+8.1
Lead
195
Total
2,406
vs nation
D+4.2
ObamaDemocratic57.7%1,465McCainRepublican40.7%1,032OtherAll other candidates1.6%41
D+17.1
Lead
433
Total
2,538
vs nation
D+9.8
KerryDemocratic54.4%1,332BushRepublican42.6%1,043OtherAll other candidates2.9%72
D+11.8
Lead
289
Total
2,447
vs nation
D+14.3
Key facts
2024 presidential margin
D+19.2MIT Election Lab
Population
4,0692024 5-year
Population density
1,628 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area
2.5 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income
$221,7712024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
81.7%2024 5-year
Black
2.1%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
4.3%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+23.7 in 2020MIT Election Lab
Participation
Turnout and midterm durability
Participation measured against the same-year citizen voting-age population. Audited cycles count total general-election participants — ballots or participating voters, not presidential candidate votes.
2022–20242 cycles · 2 audited
2024 turnout
88.4%2,619 participants ÷ 2,963 CVAP
Participation by cycle
Presidential Midterm
0%20%40%60%80%100%
78.4%
20222024
Select a presidential cycle to show it on the map and results ledger above.
Cycle
Participants
CVAP
Turnout
Series
Quality
2,619
2,963 ± 385
88.4%
Audited
E/D
2022Mid
2,127
2,714 ± 370
78.4%
Audited
E/D
Sources and methods
2024: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 323/229.
2022: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 322/184.
presidential history
Party record book
Setauket, NY · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
2004–2024 · 6 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
60.9%
1,757 votes · D+23.7
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 58.9%
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
45.3%
1,089 votes · D+8.1
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 42.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
1,757votes
60.9% of the vote · D+23.7
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 1,535 votes
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
1,089votes
45.3% of the vote · D+8.1
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 1,074 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
Kamala Harris2024
+20.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+19.2 · U.S. R+1.5
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +19.2 pts
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
−4.2pts R vs U.S.
Place D+8.1 · U.S. D+3.9
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · −9.8 pts
U.S. House elections · 2 House
U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Setauket · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain. The figures below are Suffolk County, New York, the county containing Setauket — Setauket’s own primary vote sits inside those totals and is not separately reported.
Presidential nominating contests in Setauket, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
Home to Stony Brook University's edge, Setauket sits in Suffolk County's Third Congressional District, a perennial swing corridor where suburban college-adjacent precincts have shifted measurably toward Democrats over the past three election cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 23.7 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 19.2 points.
A population of 4,069, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $221,771 describe the city.
In 2024, Setauket, New York voted Democratic by 19.2 points (D+19.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,605 votes cast, 1,535 went Democratic and 1,036 went Republican.
How many people live in Setauket, New York?
Setauket, New York has a population of 4,069 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Setauket, New York?
Median household income in Setauket, New York is $221,771 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of Setauket, New York?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Setauket, New York from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
