The politics in 10965 Pearl River, NY are heavily influenced by local and state elections. The area is part of Rockland County, which has been represented in the New York State Senate since 2019 by James Skoufis. Local elections focus around town-specific issues such as budgeting, public works improvements, and community development initiatives. Elections also focus on providing citizens with a choice of candidates who will represent them best. There are a number of locally elected officials and representatives from the 10965 Pearl River area who hold various positions in government. Citizens in this area have a say in how their country is run through their vote and can have an impact on the choices that are made that affect their lives.
The political climate in Zip 10965 (Pearl River, NY) is leaning conservative.
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 10965 (Pearl River, NY) is leaning conservative.
Pearl River, New York is leaning conservative.
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.
Pearl River, 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 10965 (Pearl River)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 662 contributions totaling $65,708 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 242 contributions totaling $40,564 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)