Congers leans slightly Republican by roughly 8 points: about 46% of voters vote Democratic and 54% Republican.
About 85% of adults in Congers typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Congers, ~39% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~15% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Congers compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Congers leans more Republican than 160 of 237 neighbors.
Congers runs about 20 points more Republican than New York as a whole. New York leans Democratic overall, while Congers is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Congers. The southeast side runs the most Democratic (Even) and the northwest side runs the most Republican (R+17), a spread of about 17 points.
Why Congers leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Congers, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Congers votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 66%, well above the New York average of 36%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 81% of households in Congers are family households, above 92% of cities. Congers runs against the grain of New York, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Congers, NY sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Congers looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Congers is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 73%, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 90% of households in Congers own their home, compared to around 66% in nearby cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Valley Cottage, NY D+4
- New City, NY Even
- Upper Nyack, NY D+51
- Haverstraw, NY D+17
- Nyack, NY D+51
- West Nyack, NY R+8
- Ossining, NY D+25
- West Haverstraw, NY D+17
- New Square, NY R+98
- South Nyack, NY D+51
Cities with Similar Populations
- Washington, IA R+25
- Germantown, OH R+51
- Marshville, NC R+37
- Slingerlands, NY D+29
- Cottontown, TN R+62
- Bondurant, IA R+18
- Orchard Mesa, CO R+27
- Skowhegan, ME R+23
- Westwego, LA R+11
- Lanoka Harbor, NJ R+42
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from New York State Board of Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.