Hastings-on-Hudson is a small village in Westchester County, New York. The village has a total area of 1.5 square miles and is home to over 8,000 residents. Though small in size, Hastings-on-Hudson is very politically active. The village is governed by a Mayor and four members of the Village Board of Trustees, all of whom are elected by the citizens of Hastings-on-Hudson to serve two year terms in office. In addition to local elections for positions like mayor and trustee board members, the village also participates in national political elections for executive, legislative and judicial offices. On election day, many members of the community come out to vote at their local polling station.
The political climate in Hastings-on-Hudson, 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
Hastings-on-Hudson, 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.
Hastings-on-Hudson, 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 Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,162 contributions totaling $1,002,837 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 475 contributions totaling $55,947 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)