The politics of 10704 Yonkers, NY are heavily driven by its diverse population of over 200,000 people. This area has been represented for many years in the United States House of Representatives by Eliot Engel, a Democrat who was re-elected for a 17th term in 2018. At the state level, Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer currently serve as representatives for the 35th district of New York. There are several local political candidates running campaigns to represent the 10704 Yonkers area in the upcoming election in 2020. These candidates have been actively engaging with residents and advocating for issues that are important to them such as affordable housing, economic development and job creation opportunities. The outcome of this election will have a direct impact on how policies and resources are allocated to serve the community of Yonkers.
The political climate in Zip 10704 (Yonkers, NY) is strongly 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 10704 (Yonkers, NY) is strongly liberal.
Yonkers, New York is strongly 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.
Yonkers, 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 10704 (Yonkers)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 591 contributions totaling $51,856 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 157 contributions totaling $42,847 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $273 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)