Editing Brooklyn (section)

==Government and politics==
{{See also|Government and politics in Brooklyn}}
[[File:Bk Boro Hall summer dusk jeh.JPG|thumb|right|[[Brooklyn Borough Hall]]]]
Each of New York City's five counties (coterminous with each [[Borough (New York City)|borough]]) has its own criminal court system and [[District Attorney]], the chief public prosecutor who is directly elected by popular vote. Brooklyn has 16 City Council members, the largest number of any of the five boroughs. The Brooklyn Borough Government includes a borough government president as well as a court, library, borough government board, head of borough government, deputy head of borough government and deputy borough government president.

Brooklyn has 18 of the city's 59 community districts, each served by an unpaid [[Community boards in New York City|community board]] with advisory powers under the city's [[Uniform Land Use Review Procedure]]. Each board has a paid district manager who acts as an interlocutor with city agencies. The [[Kings County Democratic County Committee]] (aka the Brooklyn Democratic Party) is the county committee of the Democratic Party in Brooklyn.

The [[United States Postal Service]] operates post offices in Brooklyn. The [[Federal Building and Post Office (Brooklyn)|Brooklyn Main Post Office]] is located at 271 [[Cadman Plaza]] East in [[Downtown Brooklyn]].<ref>"[http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/localnews/ny/2009/ny_2009_0211.htm NYC Post Offices to observe Presidents' Day] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606073444/http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/localnews/ny/2009/ny_2009_0211.htm |date=2011-06-06 }}." ''[[United States Postal Service]]''. February 11, 2009. Retrieved on May 5, 2009.</ref>

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{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|202,772|703,310|9,927|New York}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|141,044|640,553|24,008|New York}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|124,551|604,443|7,988|New York}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|151,872|603,525|4,451|New York}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|167,149|514,973|5,762|New York}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|96,609|497,513|23,115|New York}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|81,406|432,232|26,195|New York}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|133,344|411,183|37,067|New York}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|178,961|363,916|6,142|New York}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|230,064|368,518|2,189|New York}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|200,306|288,893|31,893|New York}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|190,728|419,382|3,533|New York}}
{{PresRow|1972|Democratic|373,903|387,768|1,949|New York}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|247,936|489,174|37,859|New York}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|229,291|684,839|1,373|New York}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|327,497|646,582|3,227|New York}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|460,456|557,655|0|New York}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|446,708|656,229|18,765|New York}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|330,494|579,922|173,401|New York}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|393,926|758,270|6,168|New York}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|394,534|742,668|8,365|New York}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|212,852|738,306|23,143|New York}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|192,536|514,172|62,300|New York}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|245,622|404,393|29,822|New York}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|236,877|158,907|102,903|New York}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|292,692|119,612|49,944|New York}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|120,752|125,625|11,080|New York}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|51,239|109,748|83,676|New York}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|119,789|96,756|20,025|New York}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|113,246|111,855|10,216|New York}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|108,977|106,232|4,639|New York}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|109,135|76,882|7,659|New York}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|70,505|100,160|5,720|New York}}
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|70,052|82,507|1,430|New York}}
{{PresRow|1884|Democratic|53,516|69,264|3,541|New York}}
{{PresRow|1880|Democratic|51,751|61,062|516|New York}}
{{PresRow|1876|Democratic|39,066|57,556|62|New York}}
{{PresRow|1872|Democratic|33,369|38,108|10|New York}}
{{PresRow|1868|Democratic|27,707|39,838|0|New York}}
{{PresRow|1864|Democratic|20,838|25,726|0|New York}}
{{PresRow|1860|Democratic|15,883|20,583|0|New York}}
{{PresRow|1856|Democratic|7,846|14,174|8,647|New York}}
{{PresRow|1852|Democratic|8,496|10,628|199|New York}}
{{PresRow|1848|Whig|7,511|4,882|879|New York}}
{{PresRow|1844|Whig|5,107|4,648|77|New York}}
{{PresRow|1840|Whig|3,293|3,157|24|New York}}
{{PresRow|1836|Democratic|1,868|2,321|0|New York}}
{{PresRow|1832|Democratic|1,264|1,741|0|New York}}
{{PresRow|1828|Democratic|1,053|1,349|0|New York}}
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<section begin="federal-reps"/>As is the case with sister boroughs Manhattan and the Bronx, Brooklyn has not voted for a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] in a national [[United States presidential election|presidential election]] since [[Calvin Coolidge]] in [[1924 United States presidential election in New York|1924]]. In the [[2008 United States presidential election in New York|2008 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 79.4% of the vote in Brooklyn while Republican [[John McCain]] received 20.0%. In [[2012 United States presidential election in New York|2012]], Barack Obama increased his Democratic margin of victory in the borough, dominating Brooklyn with 82.0% of the vote to Republican [[Mitt Romney]]'s 16.9%. In 2024, Republican [[Donald Trump]] reached 27% of the vote, and held [[Kamala Harris]] at just over 70%, a significant shift from [[Joe Biden]]'s performance of over 76% in 2020. While still a decisive Democratic victory, this was the strongest Republican support in Brooklyn since 1988, and the largest number of raw Republican votes there since 1972.<ref name="DaveLeip"/>

===Federal representation===
As of 2023, four Democrats and one Republican represented Brooklyn in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. One congressional district lies entirely within the borough.<ref name="govtrack.us 2018">{{cite web | title=New York Senators, Representatives, and Congressional District Maps | website=GovTrack.us | date=May 21, 2018 | url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/NY#representatives | access-date=December 29, 2018}}</ref>

* [[Nydia Velázquez]] (first elected in 1992) represents [[New York's 7th congressional district]], which includes the central-west Brooklyn neighborhoods of [[Boerum Hill]], [[Brooklyn Heights]], [[Bushwick, Brooklyn|Bushwick]], [[Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn|Carroll Gardens]], [[Cobble Hill, Brooklyn|Cobble Hill]], [[Dumbo, Brooklyn|Dumbo]], [[East New York, Brooklyn|East New York]], [[East Williamsburg, Brooklyn|East Williamsburg]], [[Greenpoint, Brooklyn|Greenpoint]], [[Gowanus, Brooklyn|Gowanus]], [[Red Hook, Brooklyn|Red Hook]], [[Sunset Park, Brooklyn|Sunset Park]], and [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn|Williamsburg]]. The district also covers a small portion of [[Queens]].<ref name="govtrack.us 2018"/>
* [[Hakeem Jeffries]] (first elected in 2012) represents [[New York's 8th congressional district]], which includes the southern Brooklyn neighborhoods of [[Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn|Bedford-Stuyvesant]], [[Bergen Beach, Brooklyn|Bergen Beach]], [[Brighton Beach]], [[Brownsville, Brooklyn|Brownsville]], [[Canarsie, Brooklyn|Canarsie]], [[Clinton Hill, Brooklyn|Clinton Hill]], [[Coney Island]], [[East Flatbush, Brooklyn|East Flatbush]], [[East New York, Brooklyn|East New York]], [[Fort Greene, Brooklyn|Fort Greene]], [[Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn|Gerritsen Beach]], [[Marine Park, Brooklyn|Marine Park]], [[Mill Basin, Brooklyn|Mill Basin]], [[Ocean Hill, Brooklyn|Ocean Hill]], [[Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn|Sheepshead Bay]], and [[Spring Creek, Brooklyn|Spring Creek]]. The district also covers a small portion of Queens.<ref name="govtrack.us 2018"/>
* [[Yvette Clarke]] (first elected in 2006) represents [[New York's 9th congressional district]], which includes the central and southern Brooklyn neighborhoods of [[Crown Heights, Brooklyn|Crown Heights]], [[East Flatbush, Brooklyn|East Flatbush]], [[Flatbush, Brooklyn|Flatbush]], [[Midwood, Brooklyn|Midwood]], [[Park Slope]], [[Prospect Heights, Brooklyn|Prospect Heights]], [[Prospect Lefferts Gardens]], and [[Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn|Windsor Terrace]].<ref name="govtrack.us 2018"/>
* [[Dan Goldman]] (first elected in 2022) represents [[New York's 10th congressional district]], which includes the southwestern Brooklyn neighborhoods of Midwood, Red Hook, Sunset Park, [[Bensonhurst, Brooklyn|Bensonhurst]], [[Borough Park, Brooklyn|Borough Park]], [[Gravesend, Brooklyn|Gravesend]], [[Kensington, Brooklyn|Kensington]], and [[Mapleton, Brooklyn|Mapleton]]. The district also covers the [[West Side (Manhattan)|West Side]] of [[Manhattan]].<ref name="govtrack.us 2018"/>
* [[Nicole Malliotakis]] (first elected in 2020) represents [[New York's 11th congressional district]], which includes the southwestern Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bensonhurst, Gravesend, [[Bath Beach, Brooklyn|Bath Beach]], [[Bay Ridge, Brooklyn|Bay Ridge]], and [[Dyker Heights, Brooklyn|Dyker Heights]]. The district also covers all of [[Staten Island]].<ref name="govtrack.us 2018"/><section end="federal-reps"/>

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|+ Party affiliation of Brooklyn registered voters<br /> ''(relative percentages)''
|-  style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"
!Party
!2005
!2004
!2003
!2002
!2001
!2000
!1999
!1998
!1997
!1996
|- style="background:#B0CEFF;"
|align="left"|[[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|69.7
|69.2
|70.0
|70.1
|70.6
|70.3
|70.7
|70.8
|70.8
|71.0
|- style="background:#FFB6B6;"
|align="left"|[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
|10.1
|10.1
|10.1
|10.1
|10.2
|10.5
|10.9
|11.1
|11.3
|11.5
|-
|align="left"|Other
|3.7
|3.9
|3.8
|3.6
|2.9
|2.8
|2.5
|2.8
|2.3
|2.3
|- style="background:white;"
|align="left"|No affiliation
|16.5
|16.9
|16.1
|16.2
|16.3
|16.5
|15.9
|15.5
|15.4
|15.2
|}