Jefferson Valley-Yorktown, NY is a small community in Westchester County that has a long history of civic engagement. Its citizens are proud to have a voice in local politics, and take an active role in determining the direction of their town. In recent years, candidates from both major parties have run for local offices such as Town Supervisor and Town Board Member. The campaigns focus on issues that affect the community directly, such as tax rates, infrastructure maintenance, and public safety. Voters often discuss their opinions on these topics during the election season, with the ultimate goal being to ensure responsible governance by elected officials who will best represent the interests of Jefferson Valley-Yorktown residents.
The political climate in Jefferson Valley-Yorktown, NY is somewhat 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
Jefferson Valley-Yorktown, NY is somewhat 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.
Jefferson Valley-Yorktown, 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 Jefferson Valley-Yorktown, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,876 contributions totaling $390,043 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 400 contributions totaling $148,592 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $371 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)