The 10983 Tappan, NY area is known for its political diversity. In recent years, there have been several local elections that have drawn a great deal of attention and involvement from the community. Many residents are passionate about their civic duties and take the time to research candidates and understand their various stances on different topics. There have been many campaigns run by both Democratic and Republican candidates to represent the area in government offices such as the school board, local government, state legislature, and even Congress. The campaigns often focus on issues that are important to the 10983 Tappan, NY community like jobs, taxes, health care, education and infrastructure. Residents of 10983 Tappan, NY take pride in their participation in local elections and try to make informed decisions about who they choose to represent them at different levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 10983 (Tappan, 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 10983 (Tappan, NY) is leaning conservative.
Tappan, 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.
Tappan, 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 10983 (Tappan)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 983 contributions totaling $32,563 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 64 contributions totaling $8,190 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)