Dobbs Ferry, NY is a small village located in Westchester County. The area has a rich political history, with an active voting population and diverse representation in local government. The village currently has a mayor-council form of government, whereby citizens elect the mayor as well as a village board of trustees. This board is composed of six elected members who serve two-year terms and work together to form policy and respond to constituent issues. The current mayor is Peter Piltzecker, who was elected in 2018 and has been working to improve the quality of life for Dobbs Ferry's residents ever since. Other locally elected officials include the county executive and representatives from each of Dobbs Ferry's three Assembly Districts. All these individuals are committed to representing their constituents' interests in state legislature as well as working at the local level to address community needs.
The political climate in Dobbs Ferry, NY is moderately 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
Dobbs Ferry, NY is moderately 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.
Dobbs Ferry, 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 Dobbs Ferry, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,388 contributions totaling $1,677,174 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $495 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 158 contributions totaling $27,171 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)