10703 Yonkers, NY is a diverse community with many residents from different backgrounds who are active in local politics. The city has seen a surge in progressive activism in recent years, and there have been campaigns to increase voter registration and encourage more citizens to get involved. In addition to local initiatives, the city also elects representatives to the state and national levels. This includes Senators, Assembly Members, Representatives for the US House of Representatives as well as a Mayor for the City of Yonkers. While these elected officials come from different political parties, all work together to ensure the best possible outcome for their constituents. The issues they seek to address range from defending the environment and creating better public services to tackling social justice matters.
The political climate in Zip 10703 (Yonkers, 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
Zip 10703 (Yonkers, NY) is strongly liberal.
Yonkers, New York 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.
Yonkers, 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 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 10703 (Yonkers)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 271 contributions totaling $23,387 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 119 contributions totaling $25,456 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)