Tarrytown, NY is a town in Westchester County with a vibrant political scene. Local elections draw out the diverse voices of the citizens and voter turnout is usually high. The Town Board and Mayor are the elected officials that represent Tarrytown's interests on matters such as taxes, education, housing, and public safety. In recent years, the Democratic Party has held majority sway over the Town Board and local elections. However, Republicans have had success in challenging for seats on the board and other offices. Politically speaking, Tarrytown sees itself as progressive and supportive of innovative ideas to make the community better for everyone who lives there.
The political climate in Tarrytown, 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
Tarrytown, 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.
Tarrytown, 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 Tarrytown, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,536 contributions totaling $2,652,715 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $278 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 831 contributions totaling $290,664 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $350 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)