Irvington, NY is a village located in New York's Westchester County. The village is home to approximately 8,000 residents and covers an area of slightly over two square miles. Irvington has a mayor-council form of government, with an elected mayor and six trustees. The current mayor is Brian C. Smith and the trustees are Richard Hovey, Betty Cross, Paul Phillips, Ninia Pollack, Christopher M. Thomas, and Mark Gilliland. Irvington is also part of New York’s 18th Congressional District which is represented by U.S Representative Sean Patrick Maloney. Overall, the politics in Irvington are diverse and there are many discussions around education reform initiatives, public safety measures as well as economic development plans for the future of this quaint community.
The political climate in Irvington, 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
Irvington, 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.
Irvington, 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 Irvington, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,616 contributions totaling $2,684,845 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $279 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 844 contributions totaling $299,015 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $354 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)