New York, NY is a major hub for politics in the United States. There have been countless memorable politicians who have called the city home. From famed former president Teddy Roosevelt to current Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, New York has a reputation for being a politically active area. It is also home to many influential political organizations including the New York State Democratic Committee, the Conservative Party of New York, and the Working Families Party. The state’s primary election process is highly competitive, with candidates often vying for voters’ attention on various platforms. As a result, New Yorkers are constantly engaged in political dialogue with their representatives and local officials alike. With its diverse population of over 8 million individuals, New York is truly an influential player in American politics today.
The political climate in New York, NY is moderately liberal.
Kings County, NY is very liberal. In Kings County, NY 76.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 22.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kings (Brooklyn) county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 76.8% to 22.1%.
Kings (Brooklyn) county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New York, NY is moderately liberal.
Kings 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.
New York, 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 New York, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,133,458 contributions totaling $485,211,820 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $428 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 73,994 contributions totaling $194,048,775 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,622 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)