Bronxville Village Goes for Clinton; Receives over Sixty Percent of Votes
By Staff
Nov. 16, 2016: The seven election districts in the Village of Bronxville have now reported their vote counts to the Westchester County Board of Elections. On the morning after the presidential election, Bronxville election districts 17 and 20 had not reported their counts.
According to Bronxville Republican chair Rene Atayan, malfunctions with the tapes in those two districts prevented them from immediately providing a count. The situation was eventually corrected.
The final unofficial count for Hillary Clinton is 1,938, or 61.2% of the vote, with 1,899 votes from the Democrats, 20 from the Workers Party, and 19 from the WEP (Women's Equality Party).
For Donald J. Trump, the count is 1,085, or 34.3% of the vote, with 63 votes from the Conservative Party and 1,022 from the Republicans.
Minor party candidates received 144 votes, or 4.5%.
The total turnout in the village was 3,167. The total canvass by district is as follows:
District 16: 521
District 17: 504
District 18: 311
District 19: 422
District 20: 542
District 21: 330
District 22: 537
This was only the second time since 1920 that Bronxville cast more votes for the Democratic candidate for president than the Republican candidate. The only other time was in 2008, when more Bronxville residents voted for Obama than for McCain. The chart below (with the exception of the 2016 numbers) was researched and compiled by Bronxville resident Marilynn Hill and was provided by The Bronxville Historical Conservancy.
Note: One asterisk, national winner; bold names, Bronxville winner. Two asterisks, preliminary numbers.
|
Year |
Republican Candidate |
Village Vote |
Democrat Candidate |
Village Vote |
|
2016 |
Trump* |
1085** |
Clinton |
1928** |
|
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, researched and compiled by Marilynn Hill, was first published in Anne Curtis Fredericks, "Election Fever in Bronxville, 1936," The Bronxville Journal IV (2009): 71 and was recently printed in The Bronxville Historical Conservancy's Chronicle.
In other elections, Senator Chuck Schumer (D) easily defeated Wendy Long (R/Conservative), with 56.6% of the vote.
Representative Eliot L. Engel (D) in the 16th Congressional District received 85.8% of the vote, defeating Derickson Lawrence on the People's Choice Congress Party line.
Julie Killian (R/C/Reform) took 59.0% of the vote, defeating incumbent State Senator George Latimer (D).
Assemblywoman Amy Paulin in the 88th Assembly District won 78.1% of the vote.
In the hotly contested race for district attorney, Anthony A. Scarpino (D/C/WEP) took 52.8% of the vote, defeating Bruce P. Bendish (R/REF).
Photo by A. Warner
