Harrison, NY is a small town located in Westchester County, with a population of about 27,000. It has an active political landscape that is represented by local elected officials at the county and state level. At the county level, Harrison residents elect representatives to the Board of Legislators and the County Executive offices. At the state level, Harrison residents are represented by one senator and two assembly members in the New York State Legislature. These local officials are responsible for advocating on behalf of their constituents’ interests in Albany and determining how resources are allocated within Westchester County. Although there are no current political candidates from Harrison running for office at this time, people living in Harrison take part in local politics by attending public forums and participating in voting initiatives as well as engaging with their elected representatives on issues that affect their community.
The political climate in Zip 10604 (White Plains, 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 10604 (White Plains, NY) is strongly liberal.
White Plains, 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.
White Plains, 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 10604 (White Plains)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 811 contributions totaling $257,871 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $318 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 75 contributions totaling $49,648 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $662 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)