The politics of 10553 Mount Vernon, NY are governed by the most recently elected local officials. The city is represented at the municipal level with a mayor, City Council and other appointed boards and commissions. The mayor and four-person board of Aldermen are responsible for setting policy, creating laws and ordinances, and approving budgets. In addition to the mayor's office, there are seven government departments that ensure the successful functioning of the city in areas such as public safety, public works, health services, human services, finance and economic development. Local political candidates represent all of 10553 Mount Vernon’s citizens across a range of issues including education reform, housing affordability, public safety initiatives and more. Citizens have an opportunity to participate in local political events and rallies held throughout the year to express their opinions on current issues or to promote their favorite candidates.
The political climate in Zip 10553 (Mount Vernon, NY) is very 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 10553 (Mount Vernon, NY) is very liberal.
Mount Vernon, New York is very 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.
Mount Vernon, 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 10553 (Mount Vernon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 326 contributions totaling $76,040 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $233 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $15,140 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $946 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)