New York state is one of the most exciting places in America; different cultures, traditions, and ethnicities all living within the same state. With all of the different New Yorkers comes an amalgam of ideas, which manifest clearly in the politics and political parties within the state. The overall political parties in New York have three subsets; party in the electorate, party in government, and the party organization. All three of these components make New York political parties strong and unique. The first manifestation of a political party is the party in the electorate, which is made up of the voters who identify with a party, and tend to support their party’s candidates in the election. The party in the electorate is a vital component
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Based on voting records, New Yorkers tend to elect Democrats over Republicans, but both parties do well in elections in the state. The partisan balance of New York is representative of the trends nationwide; “As on the national scene, the party in the electorate is harder to find in New York where nearly one voter in five refuses to register with a party, and where straight party voting is increasingly uncommon” (Schneier 2001). New York state has 2,826,913 registered Democrats, 5,649,934 registered Republicans, and 3,000,776 independents (Rogers 2012). Although the state has registered Democrats in the minority, the state tends to vote Democrat in general, which can be explained by the ideological balance of the state. Within New York state, there is a wide mixture of conservatives, moderates, and liberals. Moreover, the number of Republicans who consider themselves conservative is 52%, while the number of Democrats who consider themselves conservative is only 29% (“Party Affiliation Among” n.d.). This discrepancy is logical, as ideology and partisanship are becoming more aligned across the country, and New York is not immune to these …show more content…
27% of Republicans and 57% of Democrats identify as moderates (“Party Affiliation Among” n.d.). Based on this data, New York Democrats are more likely to be moderates than New York Republicans. While this information is an important component of New York’s electorate, another component to understanding how New Yorkers vote is race. In terms of race, 57.8% of the New York state population is white, 18.0% of the population is latino, 14.4% is black, and 7.4% is Asian (Cohen 2016). Since 42.2% of the population are minorities, the areas with a high minority population are more likely to vote as Democrats, whereas areas with a high population of whites tend to vote Republican. Since the state overall tends to vote Democrat, other factor also contribute to the voting tendencies of the electorate, one of which is gender. The gender composition of New York state, according to the most recent census, is 51.5% female and 48.5% male (“Quick Facts” 2016). Based on general trends, men tend to vote Republican more often than Democrat, and women tend to vote more Democrat than Republican. With women outnumbering men in the state, this helps to further explain the election of Democrats in the
Based on voting records, New Yorkers tend to elect Democrats over Republicans, but both parties do well in elections in the state. The partisan balance of New York is representative of the trends nationwide; “As on the national scene, the party in the electorate is harder to find in New York where nearly one voter in five refuses to register with a party, and where straight party voting is increasingly uncommon” (Schneier 2001). New York state has 2,826,913 registered Democrats, 5,649,934 registered Republicans, and 3,000,776 independents (Rogers 2012). Although the state has registered Democrats in the minority, the state tends to vote Democrat in general, which can be explained by the ideological balance of the state. Within New York state, there is a wide mixture of conservatives, moderates, and liberals. Moreover, the number of Republicans who consider themselves conservative is 52%, while the number of Democrats who consider themselves conservative is only 29% (“Party Affiliation Among” n.d.). This discrepancy is logical, as ideology and partisanship are becoming more aligned across the country, and New York is not immune to these …show more content…
27% of Republicans and 57% of Democrats identify as moderates (“Party Affiliation Among” n.d.). Based on this data, New York Democrats are more likely to be moderates than New York Republicans. While this information is an important component of New York’s electorate, another component to understanding how New Yorkers vote is race. In terms of race, 57.8% of the New York state population is white, 18.0% of the population is latino, 14.4% is black, and 7.4% is Asian (Cohen 2016). Since 42.2% of the population are minorities, the areas with a high minority population are more likely to vote as Democrats, whereas areas with a high population of whites tend to vote Republican. Since the state overall tends to vote Democrat, other factor also contribute to the voting tendencies of the electorate, one of which is gender. The gender composition of New York state, according to the most recent census, is 51.5% female and 48.5% male (“Quick Facts” 2016). Based on general trends, men tend to vote Republican more often than Democrat, and women tend to vote more Democrat than Republican. With women outnumbering men in the state, this helps to further explain the election of Democrats in the