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1876–2024
Staten Island
Richmond County·New York

Richmond County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

New York City's most Republican borough by a wide margin

18762024·38 elections
Staten Island · Jesse Vega · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+29
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
494,956
2024 ACS
Most similar
Somerset County
MD · similarity 0.98
227 precincts · 200,558 votes cast
Trump · R+29
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−29.3%
69,345128,151200,558
2020R
−14.9%
90,997123,320216,278
2016R
−15.1%
74,143101,437180,960
2012D
+2.6%
78,18174,223154,180
2008R
−4.1%
79,31186,062166,578
2004R
−13.7%
68,44890,325160,143
2000D
+7.0%
73,82863,903142,129
1996D
+9.7%
64,68452,207128,007
1992R
−9.3%
56,90170,707147,760
1988R
−23.5%
47,81277,427125,975
1984R
−30.4%
44,34583,187127,826
1980R
−24.9%
37,30664,885110,647
1976R
−8.7%
47,86756,995105,326
1972R
−48.6%
29,24184,686114,123
1968R
−20.1%
34,77054,63198,824
1964D
+8.8%
50,52442,33092,946
1960R
−13.1%
38,67350,35689,123
1956R
−53.2%
19,64464,23383,877
1952R
−32.8%
28,28055,99384,608
1948R
−12.4%
30,44239,53973,134
1944R
−14.5%
31,50242,18873,918
1940R
−0.8%
38,30738,91177,467
1936D
+33.2%
46,22922,85270,389
1932D
+25.8%
36,85721,27860,345
1928D
+7.3%
28,94524,99554,234
1924R
−5.9%
15,80118,00737,586
1920R
−30.0%
9,37317,84428,258
1916D
+9.2%
8,8437,31916,498
1912D
+34.3%
8,4453,03515,757
1908D
+3.8%
7,4016,83115,084
1904D
+1.2%
7,1827,00014,668
1900D
+5.4%
6,7596,04213,201
1896R
−15.3%
4,4526,17011,198
1892D
+18.9%
6,1224,09110,741
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Polish
0.6%
African American
7.8%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. 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
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
48.5%
Non-Christian
5.7%
Other Christian
3.3%
Baptist
1.1%
Mainline Protestant
1.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.4%
Methodist
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Staten Island (Richmond County) delivered a 29.5-point Republican margin in 2024, making it a persistent outlier within a city that votes heavily Democratic — a pattern driven by its outer-borough, homeowner-heavy demographic profile.

The Republican margin in Richmond County reached its widest at fifty-three points in 1956. The margin in 2024 was twenty-nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Richmond County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $98,333, a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 494,956 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Somerset County and Salem County.