New York (Manhattan), NY County is a bustling metropolis that is home to many prominent political figures. Located in the heart of New York City, Manhattan serves as the seat of government for the entire state and is also home to several major political organizations. The local government of New York City is headed by a Mayor who is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the city. In addition, there are five Borough Presidents who represent each borough in City Hall and work together with the Mayor to ensure that the residents’ needs are met. Furthermore, New York State has two United States senators as well as a congressional district representative in Washington D.C.. These elected officials work hard to ensure that their constituents’ voices are heard both locally and nationally on issues such as healthcare, education funding, environmental protection, and other important topics. Additionally, New York City also has an extensive network of community leaders and activists who are dedicated to creating positive change for all citizens in this diverse city.
The political climate in New York County, NY is very liberal.
In New York County, NY 86.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 12.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, New York (Manhattan) county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 86.4% to 12.2%.
New York (Manhattan) county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New York County, NY 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 County, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 768,234 contributions totaling $435,348,870 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $567 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 43,754 contributions totaling $184,811,611 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $4,224 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)