The politics in 11223 New York, NY are largely shaped by the local and state governments. The local government consists of a mayor, city council members representing each neighborhood, and various committees and commissions that oversee different aspects of the city's operations. At the state level, representatives from 11223 are part of the larger New York State Assembly, which comprises all of New York's citizens. Local issues such as affordable housing, transit accessibility, poverty alleviation, environmental protection, and public safety are addressed through legislation passed at both levels. Additionally, local political candidates often emerge to campaign on platforms focused on these issues in order to make positive change in their community.
The political climate in Zip 11223 (New York, NY) is very liberal.
Kings County, NY is very liberal. In Kings County, NY 76.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 22.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kings (Brooklyn) county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 76.8% to 22.1%.
Kings (Brooklyn) county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 11223 (New York, NY) is very liberal.
New York, New York is very liberal.
Kings 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.
New York, 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 11223 (New York)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,707 contributions totaling $155,198 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 397 contributions totaling $199,445 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $502 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)