Lake Sunnyside is a true toss-up. About 49% of voters here vote Democratic and 51% Republican.
About 91% of adults in Lake Sunnyside typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lake Sunnyside, ~45% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~9% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Lake Sunnyside compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Lake Sunnyside sits roughly in the middle of the political spectrum, with 8 neighbors leaning further in the place's direction and 81 leaning the other way.
Lake Sunnyside runs about 15 points more Republican than New York as a whole. New York leans Democratic overall, while Lake Sunnyside sits closer to the political middle.
Why Lake Sunnyside leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Lake Sunnyside, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Lake Sunnyside votes against the grain of New York. New York leans Democratic overall, while Lake Sunnyside runs about 15 points more Republican. Density and white share pull in opposite directions and roughly cancel in Lake Sunnyside.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Lake Sunnyside, NY sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Lake Sunnyside looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Lake Sunnyside is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 69%, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 90% of households in Lake Sunnyside own their home, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Lake Sunnyside have completed high school, above 94% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Lake George, NY R+2
- Queensbury, NY Even
- Glens Falls North, NY D+9
- Lake Vanare, NY R+21
- Vaughns Corners, NY R+29
- West Fort Ann, NY R+33
- Glens Falls, NY D+17
- West Glens Falls, NY R+13
- Kattskill Bay, NY R+21
- South Glens Falls, NY R+9
Cities with Similar Populations
- Phillipsburg, KY R+61
- Pine Bluff, WI D+19
- Southport, FL R+65
- Spaulding, OK R+67
- Forksville, VA R+19
- Warnerville, NY R+32
- Hampton, NY R+42
- Kelleys, LA D+18
- Oak Level, VA R+58
- Savoy, MA R+6
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from New York State Board of Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.