Politics Manhattan



the democratic party holds public offices. registered republicans minority in borough, constituting 9.88% of electorate of april 2016. registered republicans more 20% of electorate in neighborhoods of upper east side , financial district of 2016. democrats accounted 68.41% of registered vote, while 17.94% of voters unaffiliated.


manhattan divided between 4 u.s. congressional districts, of represented democrats. 7th district based in brooklyn , queens, includes few heavily puerto rican sections of lower east side, including avenues c , d of alphabet city; represented nydia velázquez. 10th district, based on west side, covers of upper west side, hell s kitchen, chelsea, greenwich village, chinatown, tribeca, financial district, , battery park city, sections of southwest brooklyn; represented jerrold nadler. 12th district, so-called silk stocking district political base teddy roosevelt , john lindsay, covers of upper east side, yorkville, gramercy park, roosevelt island, , of lower east side , east village, portions of western queens; represented carolyn maloney. finally, 13th district comprises upper manhattan , small portion of western bronx, including neighborhoods of harlem, inwood, marble hill, spanish harlem, washington heights, , portions of morningside heights , upper west side; represented adriano espaillat.


no republican has won presidential election in manhattan since 1924, when calvin coolidge won plurality of new york county vote on democrat john w. davis, 41.20%–39.55%. warren g. harding recent republican presidential candidate win majority of manhattan vote, 59.22% of 1920 vote. in 2004 presidential election, democrat john kerry received 82.1% of vote in manhattan , republican george w. bush received 16.7%. borough important source of funding presidential campaigns in united states; in 2004, home 6 of top 7 zip codes in nation political contributions. top zip code, 10021 on upper east side, generated money united states presidential election presidential candidates, including both kerry , bush during 2004 election.



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