Rye, NY is a small city in Westchester County, New York. It is known for its quaint downtown area as well as its proximity to the Long Island Sound. Politically, Rye has been historically conservative and the Republican party dominates many of the electoral decisions in the city. The current mayor of Rye is Joe Sack, who was elected in 2013 and serves a four-year term. He has focused on keeping taxes low and maintaining fiscal responsibility while still investing in public services such as education and infrastructure improvements. In addition to the mayor, there are members of the City Council that work to represent the citizens of Rye when making decisions about how best to manage city resources and programs. Elections take place every two years when citizens can choose who they would like to represent them on their local government board.
The political climate in Rye town, 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
Rye town, NY 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.
Rye town, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Rye town, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21,647 contributions totaling $67,384,400 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $3,113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,918 contributions totaling $3,251,304 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)