The politics in 10901 Suffern, NY are heavily rooted in the Rockland County community. It is part of the 17th Congressional District and is represented by Nita Lowey, who was first elected to Congress in 1988. On a local level, Suffern is located within the Town of Ramapo and shares representation with other parts of the district on the Town Board. There are five representatives all together – three from Suffern and two from outside of Suffern. All members strive to represent their constituents’ interests to ensure that services for residents remain high quality. The town has many active citizens who take part in local political events to make sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 10901 (Suffern, NY) is leaning liberal.
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 10901 (Suffern, NY) is leaning liberal.
Suffern, New York is leaning liberal.
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.
Suffern, 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 10901 (Suffern)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,369 contributions totaling $291,900 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 138 contributions totaling $75,036 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $544 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)