The Upper East Side of New York City is an affluent neighborhood in Manhattan with a rich history and political culture. It is represented in the U.S. Congress by Carolyn Maloney, who serves as the Democratic representative for New York's 12th congressional district. In the State Senate, Liz Krueger has been representing NY's 28th District since 2002. In the State Assembly, Dan Quart represents the 72nd district. The area is known for its passionate activism and engagement in local politics, and residents often participate in rallies and campaigns for progressive causes such as immigration reform, affordable housing, LGBT rights, and climate change mitigation. Community forums are also regularly held to discuss pressing issues affecting the Upper East Side's residents.
The political climate in Zip 10021 (Upper East Side, NY) is very liberal.
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
Zip 10021 (Upper East Side, NY) is very liberal.
Upper East Side, New York is very liberal.
New York 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.
Upper East Side, 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 10021 (Upper East Side)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32,489 contributions totaling $24,226,889 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $746 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,383 contributions totaling $10,704,083 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $3,164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)