West Haverstraw, NY is a small town located in Rockland County. It is known for its small-town charm, its close-knit community, and its commitment to quality of life through responsible management of its municipal services. Politically, West Haverstraw has a Board of Trustees that is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the town. The Board works with local leaders to ensure that residents have access to essential services while also maintaining fiscal responsibility. In addition, West Haverstraw's voters participate in both county and state elections, helping to shape local and regional politics. Local candidates strive to represent the values and interests of the town's citizens while ensuring government transparency, accountability, and responsiveness.
The political climate in Zip 10993 (West Haverstraw, NY) is leaning liberal.
Rockland County, NY is leaning liberal. In Rockland County, NY 50.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockland county remained narrowly Democratic, 50.3% to 48.6%.
Rockland county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 10993 (West Haverstraw, NY) is leaning liberal.
West Haverstraw, New York is leaning liberal.
Rockland County, New York is leaning 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.
West Haverstraw, New York: D r 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 10993 (West Haverstraw)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 49 contributions totaling $815 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $125 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)