Chappaqua, NY is a small town with a population of about 1,000. Despite its size, Chappaqua's politics are quite active and have been for many years. It is the home to two local political entities: The Town of New Castle Democratic Committee and The Town of New Castle Republican Party. Both committees strive to ensure that their party's platform is being heard in the community and that residents' voices are being heard at the local, state, and national levels. Additionally, both committees sponsor various events throughout the year to increase political awareness in their community. These events include speaker panels, volunteer opportunities, town hall meetings, and other activities to foster discussion about current issues. Furthermore, each committee hosts multiple candidates for office during election season so that residents can make informed decisions when it comes time to vote. In short, Chappaqua's politics are far from quiet and involve many dedicated volunteers working hard to support their party's ideals.
The political climate in Chappaqua, 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
Chappaqua, 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.
Chappaqua, 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 Chappaqua, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,329 contributions totaling $2,613,449 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $490 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 414 contributions totaling $333,866 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $806 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)