Mount Vernon, NY is a mid-sized city located just north of New York City. With a population of 67,292 people (as of 2018), it is the eighth most populous city in Westchester County. The city has been governed by Mayor Richard Thomas since January 2016 and has an active political landscape with local elections held every two years. Voters are capable of choosing between several candidates who all have different backgrounds, ideas, and plans for the future of Mount Vernon. This ensures that the city’s citizens have a voice in their local government and can make changes based on their needs. Additionally, many organizations like the Mount Vernon Democratic Committee provide opportunities for residents to learn more about civic engagement and politics as well as participate in local events such as candidate forums or debates. All these factors ensure that citizens are able to have their voices heard when it comes to politics in Mount Vernon.
The political climate in Mount Vernon, NY is very 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
Mount Vernon, NY is very 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.
Mount Vernon, 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 Mount Vernon, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,653 contributions totaling $2,954,913 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $341 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,493 contributions totaling $2,342,618 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,569 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)