New York

House Districts: 29
Voting Age Population
  2002:     14,469,000
  2000:     13,805,000
  1998:     13,590,000
  1990:     13,730,906
Redistricting, 2001-2002
  Commission / VRA		 Presidential Vote  
  2000:   Gore 60, Bush 35, Nader 4
  1996:   Clinton 59, Dole 31, Perot 8
  1992:   Clinton 49, Bush 34, Perot 16
U.S. House: 19 Dem 10 GOP
Seat Changes '02: 1 (-1R inc def)
Facts in Focus:
  New York 1982 to 2002

 
How New York Ranked in 2002
Democracy Index: 50th
Margin of Victory: 39th 
Landslide Index: 34th		 Seats-to-Votes Distortion: 25th
Representation Index: 48th
Voter Participation: 50th
For definitions of terms, please see this report's glossary page.
 

   

2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
 Democracy Index

38.8

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 Voter Turnout

26.4%

 

 

 

 

 Representation Index

19.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Wasted Votes

26.9%

 

 

 

 

 % of Wasted R / D Votes

31.4 / 18.0

 

 

 

 

 Drop-Off Voters

12.8%

 

 

 

 

 Avg. Margin Of Victory

47.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Votes for (R�D�O%)

48-47-5

 

 

 

 

 Seats for (R�D�O%)

38-62-0

 

 

 

 Seat Changes

1 (-1R inc def)

 

 

 

 

 High % Turnout, District

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 Low % Turnout, District

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  1992 1994 1996 1998 2000
 Democracy Index

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32.9

28.4

31

 Voter Turnout

43%

34%

41%

31%

42.1%

 Representation Index

26.8%

22.7%

26.7%

22%

29.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Wasted Votes

39%

33%

35%

30%

30.5%

 % of Wasted R / D Votes

35 / 36

27 / 34

32 / 33

32 / 29

35.5 / 26.2

 Drop-Off Voters

14.5%

11.4%

12.1%

9.9%

14.6%

 Avg. Margin Of Victory

34%

45%

40%

48%

46.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Votes for (R�D�O%)

45�52�3

49�48�3

43�55�3

44�53�3

42.3�54.7�2.8

 Seats for (R�D�O%)

42�58�0

45�55�0

42�58�0

42�58�0

39�61�0

 Seat Changes

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0

1

0

1

 High % Turnout, District

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49 (22)

55 (27)

44 (21,22)

55.8 (22)

 Low % Turnout, District

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10 (12)

18 (12)

15 (12)

21.9 (12)

Results 2002-2010 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
 U.S. House (R�D)

10-19

 

 

 

 

 Landslide Index

89.7%

 

 

 

 

 Scale of Competitiveness

 

 

 

 

 

 Tight: < 5

1

 

 

 

 

 Competitive: 5-10

0

 

 

 

 

 Comfortable: 10-20

2

 

 

 

 

 Landslide: 20-40

4

 

 

 

 

 No Contest: 40+

22

 

 

 

 

 Uncontested

7

 

 

 

 

 Incumbents

 

 

 

 

 

 Total Running / Total Seats

29 / 29

 

 

 

 Re-Election / Total Incumbent

28 / 29

 

 

 

 

 Landslide / Total Incumbent

26 / 29

 

 

 

 

 R. Landslide / R. Incumbent

10 / 11

 

 

 

 

 D. Landslide / D. Incumbent

16 / 18

 

 

 

 

 Untouchable Repeat Landslide

24

 

 

 

 

 Uncontested Primary

25

 

 

 

 

 Elected Women

6

 

 

 

 

 Elected Minorities

4B 2 L

 

 

 

 
Results 1992-2000 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000
 U.S. House (R-D)

13�18

14�17

13�18

13�18

12�19

 Landslide Index

55%

68%

68%

84%

87.1%

 Scale of Competitiveness

 

 

 

 

 

 Tight: < 5

6

1

0

0

0

 Competitive: 5-10

2

1

3

1

0

 Opportunity: 10-20

6

8

7

4

4

 Landslide: 20-40

7

4

8

10

14

 No Contest: 40+

10

13

13

13

12

 Uncontested

0

4

0

3

1

 Incumbents

 

 

 

 

 

 Total Running / Total Seats

25 / 31

29 / 31

31 / 31

27 / 31

29 / 31

 Re-Election / Total Incumbent

23 / 25

28 / 29

30 / 31

27 / 27

28 / 29

 Landslide / Total Incumbent

15 / 25

21 / 29

22 / 31

24 / 27

27 / 29

 R. Landslide / R. Incumbent

6 / 9

9 / 11

7 / 13

10 / 11

9 / 11

 D. Landslide / D. Incumbent

9 / 16

12 / 18

15 / 17

14 / 16

18 / 19

 Untouchable Repeat Landslide

13

17

18

16

24

 Uncontested Primary

16

20

25

25

23

 Elected Women

5

6

7

6

6

 Elected Minorities

4B 2L

4B 2L

4B 2L

4B 2L

4B 2L

 
Results 1982-1990 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990
 U.S. House (R-D)

14�20

15�19

14�20

13�21

13�21

 Landslide Index

74%

71%

79%

82%

85%

 Scale of Competitiveness

 

 

 

 

 

 Tight: < 5

0

2

2

2

0

 Competitive: 5-10

3

4

2

1

0

 Opportunity: 10-20

6

4

3

3

5

 Landslide: 20-40

6

5

7

6

12

 No Contest: 40+

19

19

19

17

15

 Uncontested

0

0

1

5

2

 Incumbents

 

 

 

 

 

 Total Running / Total Seats

33 / 34

31 / 34

31 / 34

30 / 34

34 / 34

 Re-Election / Total Incumbent

30 / 33

31 / 31

30 / 31

29 / 30

34 / 34

 Landslide / Total Incumbent

23 / 33

24 / 31

26 / 31

26 / 30

29 / 34

 R. Landslide / R. Incumbent

8 / 14

10 / 13

10 / 14

10 / 11

10 / 13

 D. Landslide / D. Incumbent

15 / 19

14 / 18

16 / 17

16 / 19

19 / 21

 Untouchable Repeat Landslide

18

20

22

25

26

 Uncontested Primary

27

25

27

27

30

 Elected Women

1

0

1

2

0

 Elected Minorities

3B 1L

3B 1L

4B 1L

4B 1L

4B 1L

 
Facts in Focus for New York 1982 to 2002
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