The 11208 zip code of New York, NY is an area of diverse political views. While the national elections garner the most attention, local elections often have a significant effect on the daily lives and communities of residents in this zip code. The state legislature is responsible for issues such as taxation such as income tax and sales tax, health care policy, infrastructure and transportation, education funding, public safety regulations and more. Additionally, local government representatives work to ensure that their constituents’ needs are met with regards to housing opportunities, school quality in their district, access to services and economic development initiatives. With all these issues at stake it is important that residents be aware of who their representatives are at the state level so they can make sure that their voices are heard when it comes to making decisions that will affect their everyday lives.
The political climate in Zip 11208 (New York, NY) is very 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
Zip 11208 (New York, NY) is very liberal.
New York, New York is very 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 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 11208 (New York)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,394 contributions totaling $51,045 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 107 contributions totaling $26,321 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $246 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)