Data Shows Growth in Trump Support in these Pockets of the Upper East Side

President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election was marked by both a decline in Democratic turnout and a boost in GOP votes within previous Democratic strongholds.

When it comes to New York City, while Trump saw the most gains in outer boroughs like Queens and the Bronx–Staten Island has always been a Trump stronghold–parts of Manhattan, including reliably Democratic neighborhoods like the Upper East Side, saw a significant shift toward the GOP this time around.

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The City rolled out an interactive election map that shows how certain neighborhoods voted in 2024 vs. 2020. The publication broke the UES down into three areas:

• 59th to 96th Street between Fifth and Third avenues: Here, Democratic votes dropped from 80% to 74%, while Trump’s share rose from 18% to 24%.
• 59th to 79th Street between the FDR Drive and Third Avenue: This stretch saw a Biden/Harris decline from 81% to 77%, while Trump rose from 17% to 21%.
• Lastly, 79th to 96th Street between the FDR Drive and Third Avenue: Biden/Harris went from 83% to 79%, while Trump jumped from 15% to 19%.

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Additional maps published by The City and the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism provide data from each election district within every New York City neighborhood. Trump saw some particularly dramatic gains in District 73/068 (85th-87th Street, Third-Lexington Avenue), where his vote share increased by 10.7%, and in District 68-069 (93rd-95th Street, First-York Avenue), where he saw an 11.9% increase.

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In addition to a dramatic shift rightward, several districts voted almost 30% in favor of Trump:

• Election District 73/011 (62nd-65th Street, Fifth-Lexington Avenue + 60th-62nd Street on Lex): 29.9% for Trump.
• Election District 76/002 (68-69th Street, Second-Third Avenue): 29.6% for Trump.
• Election District 73/048 (75th-78th Street, Fifth-Park Avenue + 78th-79th Street, Park-Madison Avenue): 29.9% for Trump.
• Election District 76/041 (81st between York Avenue-FDR): 27.5% for Trump.

“[CUNY’s Election Atlas] shows an almost citywide shift to one degree or another towards Trump,” John Mollenkopf of the CUNY Graduate Center, who also directs its Center for Urban Research, told NY1 on Wednesday.

See Where Trump Got His Votes on the Upper West Side

But even though Trump’s gains across New York represented a larger trend toward a down-ballot “red wave” in the city, Democratic incumbents on the Upper East Side held onto all of their seats.

Eddie Gibbs, who represents parts of Yorkville and Carnegie Hill in the 68th Assembly District, received almost 99% of the vote after running unopposed, according to the Board of Elections.

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New York State Senator Liz Krueger beat Republican opponent Louis Puliafito and will continue representing the 28th Senatorial District, an area that includes the majority of the Upper East Side, according to BOE figures.

State Senator Jose Serrano, who represents New York’s 29th Senatorial District, handily defeated Republican Tanya Carmichael, amassing 57,818 votes (81.7%) compared to Carmichael’s 12,958 votes (18.3%).

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