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Having soiled their nest, NYC residents pack up their values and move northeast. Unfortunately, not all of them are stopping at the border

In political shift, Westchester trends as influential Democrat suburb

After decades as a Republican stronghold, New York’s Westchester County is now one of the nation’s most influential Democratic suburbs, according to a new analysis of this year’s election data.

Population shifts triggered by the coronavirus pandemic have tilted Westchester, the city’s largest northern suburb, into a blue bastion that helped rescue Gov. Kathy Hochul’s re-election bid — and blunted the Republican Party’s widely anticipated “red wave,” Politico reported Saturday.

“Westchester is almost becoming the sixth borough,” former Republican county executive Rob Astorino said. “It’s becoming an extension, in some ways, of Manhattan.”

“There has been a turnover,” Latimer said. “Long-time residents have packed up and moved to Florida, and they’ve been replaced by young professionals coming up out of the city … they bring a different mindset.”

…. Westchester has become more Democratic, adding nearly 15,000 Dems to its active voter rolls since 2019 — while losing more than 7,000 Republicans.

“It’s that highly educated, affluent white liberal that bought houses at ungodly amounts of money, sight unseen, during the pandemic and thinks Republicans are the devil,” Astorino said of his former constituents — who gave Hochul a staggering 20-point margin over her challenger, Republican Lee Zeldin.

And it’s the same story here:

Democrats Savor Wins in Once-Red Greenwich

Democrats swept all three of Greenwich’s state House of Representatives seats, and the race for Greenwich’s Senate seat, held by a Republican incumbent, is so close it’s going to a recount.

“On Tuesday we won as many seats as we won in the entire last century,” Greenwich Democratic Town Committee Chair Joe Angland said Wednesday. 

“Our win in the 151st District is a first ever for a Democrat, and no one can remember when a Democrat last won the 149th District — it’s beyond the memory of anyone around,” Angland said. 

…. The town’s political landscape began to shift in earnest about six ago, Angland said.

“I do think there’s been an enormous change in Greenwich,” he said. “Not long ago it was two Republicans, or more, to one Democrat. There was a time where Democrats were an afterthought in elections. Now their views are well-accepted in town.”

According to the Town of Greenwich website, the largest portion of registered voters is unaffiliated – 39 percent as of this month. That’s followed by 30 percent who are registered Democrats, and just under 29 percent who are Republican.

One reason for the change is that a significant number of people moved to Greenwich from New York and other cities during the COVID-19 pandemic, Angland said.

“That bodes well for Democrats,” he said.

But not for Greenwich.