Yonkers, NY is a diverse city located in Westchester County. It is home to more than 200,000 people and has become a major hub for culture and commerce in the region. Politically, Yonkers is heavily Democratic, with registered Democrats outnumbering Republicans by nearly four to one. The town is currently represented in the United States Senate by Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand. Locally, there are many active political parties and organizations that aim to make the city's politics more inclusive and representative of its citizens' needs. In addition to these political outlets, community activists have organized various events such as protests and rallies to advocate for better local government policies.
The political climate in Zip 10708 (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 10708 (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 10708 (Yonkers)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,685 contributions totaling $2,719,959 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $478 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,080 contributions totaling $2,266,555 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,099 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)