The 11236 zip code in New York City is located in the Borough of Brooklyn and includes parts of the Bushwick, East Williamsburg and Ridgewood neighborhoods. It is an area that has undergone significant changes over the past two decades, including a large influx of immigrants. The population of this area varies depending on the source used but can range anywhere from around 30,000 to 50,000 people. Politically speaking, this area is largely represented by Democrats at both state and local levels. Local political candidates are likely to come from established parties such as the Democratic Party or Working Families Party. The representative for New York's 7th Congressional District currently serves as a Democrat and works hard to advocate for issues in his district, such as economic development, education and health care reform. This area has seen a lot of changes over the years but continues to be strongly supported by its representatives.
The political climate in Zip 11236 (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 11236 (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 11236 (New York)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,564 contributions totaling $127,991 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 155 contributions totaling $12,863 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)