The 10023 Upper West Side area is a bustling enclave in the heart of New York City. Politically, this neighborhood is a strongly Democratic region, with much of its population having voted for the Democratic Presidential candidate in every election since 1992. This area has also consistently sent representatives to local and state government who are aligned with the Democratic Party's platform. Indeed, there have been multiple well-known political candidates from the 10023 Upper West Side area who have gone on to serve in various roles throughout New York City and State government. These include Bill de Blasio, current mayor of New York City; Adriano Espaillat, member of the United States House of Representatives; Letitia James, Attorney General of New York; and Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York. All four of these politicians proudly represent the values and needs of their constituents in the 10023 Upper West Side area.
The political climate in Zip 10023 (Upper West 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 10023 (Upper West Side, NY) is very liberal.
Upper West 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 West 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 10023 (Upper West Side)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 79,593 contributions totaling $30,858,750 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $388 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,488 contributions totaling $5,161,334 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,480 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)