Thornwood, NY is a small suburban town located in Westchester County. The town is governed by a mayor and four trustees who are elected to serve for two-year terms. The town also hosts various committees and boards that provide local services to residents. Residents of Thornwood take pride in their community and actively participate in the local government’s decision-making process. Town meetings are held several times a year, where residents can voice their opinions on topics such as taxes, public safety, code enforcement, and public works projects. Residents also have the opportunity to attend workshops hosted by the local government to learn more about what is happening in the town and how they can get involved. Thornwood offers many opportunities for involvement in politics and local civic engagement, making it an ideal place for citizens to make their voices heard and have their opinions taken into account when decisions regarding the future of their community are made.
The political climate in Thornwood, 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
Thornwood, 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.
Thornwood, 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 Thornwood, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,182 contributions totaling $690,234 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 453 contributions totaling $114,878 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $254 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)