Hartsdale, New York is a small town located in Westchester County. It is home to a diverse population of people and is an active part of the larger county politics. Hartsdale has its own local government, composed of a mayor and several council members. These officials are responsible for day-to-day operations of the town, such as creating laws and regulations that govern the citizens. The town also participates in elections and regularly votes on issues that affect the entire county. Several local representatives from Hartsdale have been elected to higher offices throughout Westchester County. Overall, Hartsdale takes an active role in politics and works to ensure it has a voice in all local decisions.
The political climate in Hartsdale, 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
Hartsdale, 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.
Hartsdale, 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 Hartsdale, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21,560 contributions totaling $9,716,763 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $451 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,153 contributions totaling $2,372,782 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,102 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)