The politics in 10589 Somers, NY are heavily influenced by the surrounding Westchester County. Just as with all other parts of New York State, residents of 10589 Somers benefit from the protection and services that local government provides, such as police and fire departments, schools, libraries, and public transportation. While there is no population associated with 10589 Somers specifically, the population of Westchester County was estimated to be 967,506 in 2019. This is an important factor when it comes to political representation since many local governmental issues are determined on a county level. Currently there is no information available about local political candidates within 10589 Somers; however residents should become familiar with the current elected officials of Westchester County and their respective policy stances to better inform their own voting decisions.
The political climate in Zip 10589 (Somers, NY) is moderately 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 10589 (Somers, NY) is moderately liberal.
Somers, New York is moderately 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.
Somers, 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 10589 (Somers)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,686 contributions totaling $98,132 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 249 contributions totaling $46,793 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)