Yonkers, NY is a city in Westchester County with a population of over 200,000 people. The local politics of Yonkers are largely divided into two main parties: the Democrats and Republicans. The current mayor of Yonkers is Mike Spano, who is a Democrat, and he has been since 2012. The Common Council is composed of seven members elected to four year terms by the residents of Yonkers. In addition to the Mayor and Common Council members, there are several other important local political offices such as County Executive, City Clerk, District Attorney and Sheriff.
Local elections in Yonkers are usually highly contested as each party seeks to gain or maintain control of the city government. Over the years, various issues have been debated including crime rates, education reform and economic development. In recent years there has been an increased focus on improving public transportation options for locals. Additionally, efforts have been made to revitalize downtown with new businesses and attractions. Overall, Yonkers has become an increasingly vibrant city while still maintaining its traditional values.
The political climate in Zip 10705 (Yonkers, NY) is very 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 10705 (Yonkers, NY) is very liberal.
Yonkers, New York is very 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.
Yonkers, 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 10705 (Yonkers)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,465 contributions totaling $110,938 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 99 contributions totaling $54,758 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $553 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)