Peekskill, NY 10566 is a thriving city located in Westchester County. Politically, the city is represented by several members of the New York State Assembly and Senate as well as the US House of Representatives. The local government consists of an elected mayor, along with six members of the Common Council who serve four-year terms. While all registered voters in Peekskill can vote in elections for state and federal representatives, only Peekskill residents are eligible to vote in local elections. In recent years, the city has seen increasing political unity and engagement from its citizens. Local issues such as education, affordable housing, economic development, public safety, and quality of life have been discussed and debated among candidates running for office.The current mayor is Andre Rainey Jr., a Democrat who was first elected to office in 2017.
The political climate in Zip 10566 (Peekskill, NY) is strongly liberal.
Westchester County, NY is very liberal. In Westchester County, NY 67.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Westchester county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.6% to 31.3%.
Westchester county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 10566 (Peekskill, NY) is strongly liberal.
Peekskill, New York is strongly liberal.
Westchester 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.
Peekskill, 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 10566 (Peekskill)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,211 contributions totaling $73,062 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 117 contributions totaling $10,882 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)