Richmond County, or Staten Island, is a borough of New York City located on the southwestern tip of the state. It boasts a diverse population and boasts a rich political history as well. The county has been represented in the United States House of Representatives by Michael E. McMahon and Max Rose since 2019 and 2018 respectively. In terms of local politics, Staten Island's Borough President is James Oddo who has held office since 2014. Additionally, the Richmond County Board of Supervisors are responsible for overseeing the day to day operations of various government agencies such as the Department of Transportation and Parks, Health Services as well as Fire & Emergency Services. There are also numerous Democratic and Republican clubs active in the area that work to support local candidates during elections periods. Overall, Richmond County is a politically engaged community with many ways for residents to get involved in their local governance structure and effect change within their community.
The political climate in Richmond County, NY is somewhat conservative.
In Richmond County, NY 42.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Richmond (Staten Island) county remained strongly Republican, 56.9% to 42.0%.
Richmond (Staten Island) county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2008 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richmond County, NY is somewhat conservative.
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.
Richmond, New York: d R r d R R
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 Richmond County, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,870 contributions totaling $1,777,780 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,071 contributions totaling $1,577,961 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $311 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)