Rye City, NY is a small and quaint city located in Westchester County, just north of New York City. It is home to some of the most affluent neighborhoods in the state and has a proud political history rooted in progressive ideals and community involvement. The city's politics are centered around protecting the rights of its citizens, enhancing educational opportunities for its youth, and fostering a healthy economic environment through equitable taxation and smart investments. Local elections bring out passionate candidates who have dedicated themselves to making Rye City an even better place to live for all residents. Issues such as public safety, environmental sustainability, housing affordability, infrastructure improvements, and education quality are always hot topics during election season as candidates strive to make their case and gain crucial votes from constituents. The local representatives take their roles seriously and work hard to bring real change to the community while continuing to uphold the values that make Rye City so unique.
The political climate in Rye, 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
Rye, 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.
Rye, 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 Rye, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,092 contributions totaling $33,839,885 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $2,799 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,894 contributions totaling $1,801,113 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $951 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)