As the results of Tuesday’s general election are tabulated and made public, it is clear that the Haredi community voted for Donald Trump in overwhelming numbers. In general, too, Haredi communities voted for Republicans down the ticket, but not exclusively. Below, Shtetl takes a closer look at the voting patterns of specific communities. 

1. Brooklyn, New York‍

Haredi voting in New York City is visible in this map of New York City that compares the presidential votes of 2020 and 2024. Put together by CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and the Center for Community and Ethnic Media, the map shows the Haredi vote as red in the blue of Brooklyn. Communities do not live in exact districts and, even in the days after the election the counts are still changing, but there are three major Haredi districts that voted for Trump in significant ways.

• Williamsburg: The center for the Satmar Hasidic group is a bright red bloc in northern Brooklyn. The electoral districts are not exactly mapped onto Hasidic Williamsburg, so the figures probably include some of Williamsburg’s famous hipsters. Nevertheless, the figures are dispositive of a major vote for Trump. Of the approximately 6,000 votes Kamala Harris got fewer than 1,000. Figures from the New York Board of Elections for the same area show approximately the same shift. 
• Boro Park and Midwood: This chunk of Brooklyn is known for its large Orthodox Jewish population, including a mix of Hasidic sects such as the Bobov, Belz, Gur, and others as well as non-Hasidic Haredim, Boro Park is the heart of an ethnic south Brooklyn that voted for Trump. Boro Park is more sprawling and more diverse than Williamsburg’s Hasidic community but, though they support their Democratic representatives in the State Senate (running unopposed this election), the Haredi areas consistently voted above 70% for Trump.
• Crown Heights: The worldwide headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement is a pink bloc in central Brooklyn that is otherwise solidly blue. Of the approximately 4,500 votes cast, Kamala Harris received about 1,500 which means about 65% for Trump. It’s not clear from the returns whether this is because there are more non-Haredi voters included in the count or a slightly lower Trump vote from Chabad.

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2. New Square, New York: 

Though New Square, in Rockland County, continues to grow, it still only provides about 3,500 votes in a Congressional district with 350,000 voters. As a bloc, though, this 1% of the vote can be an important strategic asset in a close race. So, though the presidential vote was deeply red, the community was able to deliver strategic votes to the Democrats. The leadership is still able to deliver a bloc vote, as you can see by the extremely high percentage of votes to the prescribed choices (Over 90% in each case), irrespective of party affiliation.

• Donald Trump (R) 3,456 votes, Kamala Harris (D) 12.
• Mike Lawler (R) 3,421 votes, Mondaire Jones (D)  23.
• Elijah Reichlin-Melnick (D) 3,191 votes, Bill Weber (R) 207.
• Aron Wieder (D) 3,376 votes, John McGowan (R) 55. 

‍3. Monsey, New York

Located in Rockland County, Monsey has a significant ultra-Orthodox population, including various Hasidic groups such as the Vizhnitz and Satmar, as well as non-Hasidic Haredi Jews. The whole area voted overwhelmingly for Trump, at rates of over 85% and most of Monsey voted down the Republican line for Bill Weber in the State Senate and for Michael Sapraicone in the Senate race. Visibly, though, leaders in Kaser, New York, endorsed the Democratic candidates Elijah Reichlin-Melnick (who lost) and Kirsten Gillibrand who won. On the map, Kaser, which is home to the Vizhnitz sect right in the middle of Monsey, shows blue in a sea of red in both of those races.

3. Kiryas Joel, New York

• In this village primarily inhabited by members of the Aaronite Satmar Hasidic community, there was a startling unanimity in the voting. In the Palm Tree electoral districts in Orange County that are roughly coterminous with Kiryas Joel there are 10,000 registered voters, 8,187 of them voted for Trump and only 128 voted for Harris. However, of the same voters on the same ballot, 7,313 chose Democrat James Skoufis for State Senator. Both of these tendencies mirror, in extreme ways, the voting of the surrounding areas but in the race between Kirsten Gillibrand and Michael Sapraicone the surrounding areas plumped for Sapraicone whereas Palm Tree cast 6,478 votes — over 75% of those cast — for Gillibrand.

4. Lakewood, New Jersey

• Home to the large and influential Beth Medrash Govoha, one of the world's largest yeshivas, the Lakewood community includes a significant non-Hasidic ultra-Orthodox Jewish population and has seen rapid growth over recent decades. Ocean County records show that Lakewood voted for Republicans across the board at rates of over 70% – supporting Donald Trump in the presidential election, Chris Smith in Congress, and Curtis Bashaw in his Senate bid.