[7] In the 2000 United States Senate election in New York, the Hasidic village of New Square gave Democrat Hillary Clinton 1,400 votes, compared to just 12 for her Republican opponent.
[8] Clinton denied that clemency for the men had come up when she visited New Square on the campaign trail, and federal prosecutors determined in 2002 that no wrongdoing had occurred.
[11] In the 2024 New York 17th district congressional race, Orthodox Jewish voters who supported incumbent Mike Lawler registered en masse to vote in the Working Families Party primary, electing a placeholder candidate over Democrat Mondaire Jones, who was seeking the line.
[13] Due to bloc voting, local and statewide candidates in New York treat Hasidic community endorsements as critical, and few elected officials embrace positions that would antagonize them.
[14][15] Some Orthodox politicians in New York have regularly run unopposed due to high popular support, including on both the Democratic and Republican lines.