Rye Brook, NY is a small village located in Westchester County. It has a diverse population consisting of families, young professionals, and retirees. When it comes to politics, the people of Rye Brook have many options when it comes to local representation. The village is served by two state legislators – Senator Shelley Mayer and Assemblymember Amy Paulin – who both represent the villages of Rye Brook, Port Chester and Harrison in the New York State Senate and Assembly respectively. At the county level, Rye Brook residents are represented by Legislator Catherine Borgia from District 9 on the Westchester County Board of Legislators. At the local level, citizens elect three trustees to serve on the Village Board each year with four year terms. These elected officials are responsible for making decisions about tax rates, budgets, public works projects and other important matters that affect the day-to-day operations of the village. Additionally, there are several committees appointed by the board that assist in providing guidance on various topics such as environmental protection or economic development initiatives. Together, these elected officials strive to provide quality services that ensure Rye Brook remains a desirable place to live for all its residents.
The political climate in Rye Brook, 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
Rye Brook, 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.
Rye Brook, 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 Rye Brook, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,922 contributions totaling $30,538,705 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $6,205 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 600 contributions totaling $1,107,533 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,846 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)