New Rochelle is a city located in Westchester County, New York. It is home to a diverse population of over 79,000 people. The City of New Rochelle is governed by an elected mayor and six Common Council members who are responsible for all policies and laws for the citizens of New Rochelle. Each member is elected to two-year terms in office. The current Mayor of New Rochelle is Noam Bramson, who has served since 2011. He is joined by three Democrats and three Republicans on the Common Council. Together, they are responsible for making decisions regarding public safety, infrastructure, economic development, housing and more. The City also has an active local political scene with candidates running from both major parties as well as third parties like the Green Party. Through its politics, the City strives to create a safe and prosperous environment for all residents with a focus on improving quality of life through sustainable growth initiatives.
The political climate in New Rochelle, 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
New Rochelle, NY 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.
New Rochelle, 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 New Rochelle, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 39,076 contributions totaling $15,955,291 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $408 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,865 contributions totaling $5,631,332 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)