By Staff
Jan. 6, 2021: As we all know, 2020 was an unusual year. With the global Covid-19 pandemic overshadowing our lives, we experienced shutdowns, quarantines, testing, masks, significant loss, remote learning, remote working, virtual exercise, virtual classes, the dedication of essential workers, sports canceled, sports re-started, closed businesses, outdoor dining, zoom birthdays, zoom holidays, zoom everything and unexpected silver linings like incredible kindness and generosity.
In the midst of all this, the 2020 Presidential Election was also unusual, with highly polarized political viewpoints, record early and absentee voting, claims of voter fraud and lawsuits by the Trump campaign, and a drawn-out process to declare a winner. New York certified its 2020 Election results on December 3, 2020. The US Electoral College confirmed Joe Biden as the election winner on December 14, 2020.
So, how did Bronxville vote in 2020?
Bronxville voted overwhelmingly (70%) for the Biden/Harris ticket in 2020. Interestingly, Bronxville voters cast nearly the same number of votes for Trump/Pence in 2020 (1,117) as they did in 2016 (1,119). Voter turnout in Bronxville in 2020 was up 19% from 2016.
This was only the third time in the past 100 years that Bronxville voters cast more votes for the Democratic candidate for President than the Republican candidate. The first time was for Obama in 2008. The second was for Hillary Clinton in 2016. In all the other years, a majority of Bronxville voters voted for the Republican candidate.
Note: An asterisk, national winner; bold names, Bronxville winner.
|
Year |
Republican Candidate |
Village Vote |
Democratic Candidate |
Village Vote |
|
2020 |
Trump |
1117 |
Biden* |
2611 |
|
2016 |
Trump* |
1119 |
Clinton |
2013 |
|
2012 |
Romney |
1849 |
Obama* |
1386 |
|
2008 |
McCain |
1590 |
Obama* |
1843 |
|
2004 |
Bush* |
1930 |
Kerry |
1535 |
|
2000 |
Bush* |
1978 |
Gore |
1252 |
|
1996 |
Dole |
1807 |
Clinton* |
1054 |
|
1992 |
Bush |
1833 |
Clinton* |
1072 |
|
1988 |
Bush* |
2255 |
Dukakis |
922 |
|
1984 |
Reagan* |
2545 |
Mondale |
860 |
|
1980 |
Reagan* |
2317 |
Carter |
656 |
|
1976 |
Ford |
2570 |
Carter* |
835 |
|
1972 |
Nixon* |
2855 |
McGovern |
937 |
|
1968 |
Nixon* |
2808 |
Humphrey |
874 |
|
1964 |
Goldwater |
2376 |
Johnson* |
1356 |
|
1960 |
Nixon |
3458 |
Kennedy* |
629 |
|
1956 |
Eisenhower* |
3822 |
Stevenson |
410 |
|
1952 |
Eisenhower* |
3938 |
Stevenson |
430 |
|
1948 |
Dewey |
3467 |
Truman* |
351 |
|
1944 |
Dewey |
3221 |
Roosevelt* |
749 |
|
1940 |
Wilkie |
3183 |
Roosevelt* |
661 |
|
1936 |
Landon |
2330 |
Roosevelt* |
745 |
|
1932 |
Hoover |
2158 |
Roosevelt* |
586 |
|
1928 |
Hoover* |
2266 |
Smith |
640 |
|
1924 |
Coolidge* |
853 |
David |
133 |
|
1920 |
Harding* |
670 |
Cox |
138 |
Editor's note: This chart from 1920 - 2012 was researched and compiled by Marilynn Hill. It was first published in Anne Curtis Fredericks, "Election Fever in Bronxville, 1936," The Bronxville Journal IV (2009): and was recently printed in The Bronxville Historical Conservancy's Chronicle.
The 2016 and 2020 information in this chart is from the Westchester County Board of Elections.
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