Midtown East in New York City, zip code 10022, is a vibrant neighborhood with many different businesses and attractions. As part of the larger political landscape of New York City, Midtown East is home to many government offices and political activities. The area is situated within Manhattan Community District 5, which is represented by five local representatives who are voted in by residents of the district. These representatives help shape legislation and focus on local initiatives that help improve the quality of life for those living in Midtown East. There are also numerous state and national level politicians who represent Midtown East at these levels as well as occasional visits from national figures such as former President Barack Obama. Local organizations such as the Midtown East Community Council also work hard to ensure that issues that affect the community are addressed.
The political climate in Zip 10022 (Midtown East, 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 10022 (Midtown East, NY) is very liberal.
Midtown East, 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.
Midtown East, 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 10022 (Midtown East)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30,470 contributions totaling $47,680,106 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,565 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,466 contributions totaling $54,102,092 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $12,114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)