White Plains, NY is a city with a long and proud history in local politics. With the 2020 elections rapidly approaching, the race to take control of White Plains’ government is heating up. Candidates and their parties are campaigning hard to win over the citizens of this great city. Several key issues that have been discussed include public safety, economic development, and education. The candidates are making sure that voters have all the information they need in order to make an informed decision on who to vote for during this election. It is clear that each candidate has strong opinions about what needs to be done to better serve the people of White Plains going forward. As citizens of the city, it is important that we pay attention to what each candidate has to say and use our votes wisely in order to ensure our city remains one of the best places to live in New York State.
The political climate in White Plains, NY is strongly liberal.
Westchester County, NY is very liberal. In Westchester County, NY 67.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Westchester county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.6% to 31.3%.
Westchester county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
White Plains, NY is strongly liberal.
Westchester County, New York is very liberal.
New York-Newark-Jersey City Metro Area is strongly liberal.
New York is moderately liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
White Plains, New York: D D D D D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in White Plains, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,654 contributions totaling $2,576,988 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $242 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 970 contributions totaling $378,350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $390 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)