The Upper West Side of New York City is a diverse and vibrant neighborhood, with an active political scene. The area is represented by both state and congressional representatives in the New York State Assembly and the United States House of Representatives. Locally, Upper West Side residents are served by two Community Boards that advise on city services and policies: Manhattan Community Board 7 and Manhattan Community Board 4. Each board meets monthly to discuss issues of importance to the community, such as zoning, land use, education, safety, health care, transportation, sanitation services, parks and recreation programming. In addition to these boards, there are several advocacy organizations that engage in local politics by providing resources on topics ranging from housing affordability to economic development. Residents can get involved in local decision making through attending meetings held by these Community Boards or through voting for their preferred candidates during elections.
The political climate in Zip 10069 (Upper West Side, NY) is very liberal.
New York County, NY is very liberal. In New York County, NY 86.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 12.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, New York (Manhattan) county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 86.4% to 12.2%.
New York (Manhattan) county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 10069 (Upper West Side, NY) is very liberal.
Upper West Side, New York is very liberal.
New York 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.
Upper West Side, 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 10069 (Upper West Side)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,297 contributions totaling $1,823,166 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $794 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 266 contributions totaling $830,553 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $3,122 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)