Editing Brooklyn (section)

===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"/>

{| class="wikitable" style="float: right; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"
|+ 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
|}