New York 8th 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
44.3%
44,530 votes · R+11.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · 43.0%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
84.9%
9,031 votes · R+71.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 83.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
75,643votes
40.0% of the vote · R+18.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 65,023 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
110,866votes
58.7% of the vote · R+18.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 110,777 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
Al Gore2000
−9.9pts D vs U.S.
Place R+9.3 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bill Clinton, 1996 · −13.5 pts
Republican
Thomas E. Dewey1948
+67.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+63.2 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1944 · +67.2 pts
current representation
Current officeholders
RAlexis WeikState Senate · 8
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
U.S. House elections · 2 House
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.
Source · Akashic county-allocated estimate from certified county returns, House; not precinct-counted.
Year
Vote lead
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
47.8%70,031
52.2%76,363
146,394
2018
D
50.3%40,202
49.7%39,673
79,875
Covering a largely rural swath of the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes region, this district delivered a 27.5-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, making it a consistent outlier in an otherwise Democratic-leaning state.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 71.8 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 8.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 27.5 points.
A population of 325,305, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $143,075 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 2 and State Senate District 13.
Akashic
Political twins — state-senate districts
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.
Compare two places, side by side
Twelve curated comparisons line up election history, demographics, and the divergence story for two places at a glance. Browse all comparisons → · Or open the source-auditable district brief for electoral baseline, electorate, current-cycle coverage, geography, official dates, and methodology. Open campaign intelligence report →
Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
New York 8th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/36008/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
How did New York 8th State Senate District vote in 2024?
In 2024, New York 8th State Senate District voted Republican by 27.5 points (R+27.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 186,822 votes cast, 67,487 went Democratic and 118,950 went Republican.
How many people live in New York 8th State Senate District?
New York 8th State Senate District has a population of 325,305 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New York 8th State Senate District?
Median household income in New York 8th State Senate District is $143,075 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of New York 8th State Senate District?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in New York 8th State Senate District from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 38 went Republican.