New York City's 10312 area, located in Staten Island, is home to many diverse residents. The local political landscape is largely dominated by the Republican Party, who have held most of the seats in the area for many years. Recent elections have seen an increase in support for Democratic candidates, however they are yet to take a substantial portion of the seats in the 10312 area. In addition to representing local residents on a state level, representatives from this area are also monitoring and voting for legislation at the city level. With both parties vying for votes from local residents, this area can expect to remain politically active and relevant as new candidates emerge and debates continue over important issues.
The political climate in Zip 10312 (New York, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Richmond County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Richmond County, NY 42.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Richmond (Staten Island) county remained strongly Republican, 56.9% to 42.0%.
Richmond (Staten Island) county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2008 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 10312 (New York, NY) is somewhat conservative.
New York, New York is somewhat conservative.
Richmond County, New York is somewhat conservative.
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.
New York, New York: d R r d R R
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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 10312 (New York)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,497 contributions totaling $140,688 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,063 contributions totaling $293,778 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)