Republican voter registration hits record-high on Staten Island: See how many call the borough home

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The reddest borough just got even redder.

Staten Island, which has earned the reputation as New York City’s most conservative borough based on decades of voting patterns, now has more registered Republicans than ever before.

The latest voter enrollment data from the New York State Board of Elections shows that there were 102,840 active registered Republicans on Staten Island as of Nov. 1, 2025, the highest recorded total in the history of the borough.

The borough’s Republican Party Chairman, Assemblymember Michael Tannousis, attributed the record-high Republican registration to ideological concerns over the direction of New York City.

“This milestone is no accident. It is a direct result of residents feeling the effects of pro-criminal policies, a migrant crisis, and diminishing quality of life,” said Tannousis. “Staten Islanders are sending a powerful message that they demand a return to public safety, affordability, and accountability. We are fighting to restore common sense, and this record registration shows that the people of this borough stand with us in that fight.”

Tannousis, one of eight Republican elected officials on Staten Island, encouraged those who are concerned about the future of the borough, the city and the state to consider switching over to the Republican party if they’re not already a member.

“If you are concerned with the status quo in New York, we encourage you to join the Republican Party,” the assemblymember said. “Changing your party registration sends a powerful message that you are not happy with the direction New York is headed towards.”

While party registration has reached an all-time high, many of the borough’s Republicans chose not to vote for their party’s candidate, Curtis Sliwa, during the recent mayoral election.

Instead, most appeared to have either sat out the election or thrown their support behind former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an Independent candidate, in a failed effort to beat out Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.

Despite there being more than 102,000 registered Republicans on Staten Island at the time of the election, Sliwa received less than 32,000 votes from the borough, according to preliminary results from the New York City Board of Elections.

Contrary to the popular belief that Staten Island’s residents are overwhelmingly conservative, there continues to be more registered Democrats than Republicans in the borough.

As of Nov. 1, there were 122,696 active registered Democrats on Staten Island, nearly 20,000 more than the number of active registered Republicans, state Board of Elections data shows.

The 122,696 active registered Democrats on Staten Island is roughly 6.5% lower than the party’s record-high of 131,246, which was reported in November 2021, data shows.

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