The 16th district includes a small portion of the northern Bronx (specifically the neighborhood of Wakefield) and the southern half of Westchester County, including the suburban cities of White Plains, Mount Vernon, Yonkers, New Rochelle, and Rye. The district has the highest percentage of Jamaican Americans, at 9.0%, out of any congressional district in New York, due to the large Caribbean population in the north Bronx.[3]
In 2008, the previous version of this district gave Barack Obama his largest victory margin of any congressional district, a margin of 90% (95–5%).[4] The current configuration of the 16th district is strongly Democratic, though it is not as overwhelmingly Democratic as other districts in the city.
In New York State electoral politics there are numerous minor parties at various points on the political spectrum. Certain parties will invariably endorse either the Republican or Democratic candidate for every office, hence the state electoral results contain both the party votes, and the final candidate votes (Listed as "Recap").
^Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
^"2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
^"The Demographic Statistical Atlas of the United States - Statistical Atlas". statisticalatlas.com. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
^"Swing State Project". Archived from the original on March 5, 2009.
^Sisk, Richard (September 29, 2010). "South Bronx is poorest district in nation, U.S. Census Bureau finds: 38% live below poverty line". New York Daily News. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
^"New York Primary Election Results: 16th Congressional District". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
^"New York Primary Election Results: 16th Congressional District". The New York Times. July 6, 2020.
Sourcesedit
Booksedit
Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
External linksedit
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives from the Federal Election Commission