Bedford, NY is a community located in Westchester County. It is an affluent town with a population of approximately 18,000 people. The town is governed by the Town Board of Bedford, which consists of five elected members. Each member serves for two-year terms and is responsible for setting policies and enacting laws that benefit the local community. The current members are Supervisor Chris Burdick, Deputy Supervisor Jon Cooper, Council Member Priscilla Roell, Council Member Richard Schwartzberg and Council Member Deanna Jones. All of these individuals have worked to ensure that Bedford remains a safe and prosperous environment for its residents. They strive to make sure that the town has access to important public services such as quality healthcare, educational opportunities and recreational activities. In addition, they are committed to maintaining the wonderful infrastructure in place in Bedford as well as promoting responsible economic growth within the community.
The political climate in Zip 10506 (Bedford, 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
Zip 10506 (Bedford, NY) is moderately liberal.
Bedford, New York 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.
Bedford, 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 zip 10506 (Bedford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,411 contributions totaling $709,360 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 329 contributions totaling $579,415 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,761 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)