The 10002 Lower East Side neighborhood of New York City is home to a diverse population of long-time residents and newcomers. Its politics reflect the diversity of its people, with a wide variety of elected officials who represent the interests of the community. These officials include United States Representatives for New York’s 12th congressional district, State Senators and Assembly Members for the 65th district, and City Council Members from the 2nd district. The Lower East Side also elects Community Board members who serve as liaisons between the city government and local organizations, as well as advocates for zoning and other issues related to quality of life in the neighborhood. In recent years, this diverse population has come together to advocate for better public transportation, increased affordable housing, improved public safety, and more access to resources such as education and healthcare.
The political climate in Zip 10002 (Lower 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 10002 (Lower East Side, NY) is very liberal.
Lower 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.
Lower 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 10002 (Lower East Side)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,400 contributions totaling $1,247,973 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 214 contributions totaling $260,013 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,215 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)