Greenburgh's Democratic Liberal v. Identity Divide: the James/Teachout/Maloney Primary

Map:  results of Greenburgh's 2018 AG Democratic Primary
RED: election districts that Letitia James won with over 50% of the total vote;
PINK: EDs that James won with less than 50% of the total vote
GOLD: EDS that Zephyr Teachout won with more than 50% of the total vote;
BROWN: EDS that Teachout won with less than 50% of the total vote
BLUE:  EDS (2 of them) won by Sean Maloney

Letitia James won the NY State Democratic Primary for Attorney General with 40% of the vote, prevailing over Zephyr Teachout with 31% and Sean Maloney with 25% (Leecia Eve ran far behind at 3.5%).  Teachout, however, reversed those totals in Greenburgh where she received 5258 (42%) of the Democratic vote, with James trailing with 4005 votes (32%) and Maloney again in third with 2870 votes (23% - just behind his state-wide %).  James was strongly endorsed by Governor Cuomo who won Greenburgh easily with double the vote at 8441 (67%) received by challenger on the left, Cynthia Nixon who received only 4077 votes (33%) in central Westchester's Democratic Party stronghold.  While Cuomo ran slightly better in Greenburgh compared to the state-wide, his coattails did not carry James to the lead in our town.

The September 2018 Democratic Primary exposes a divide in Greenburgh's Democratic Party between the four Rivertowns - where "progressives" Nixon and Teachout ran far ahead of their statewide numbers- and the rest of Greenburgh. As the above map shows, these results can also be viewed as reflecting a racial/ethnic gap among Greenburgh's Democratic Party loyalists as Cuomo and James (subsequently elected as NY's first African American attorney general) performed extremely well in Greenburgh's election districts with the highest % of minority voters, while Nixon and Teachout outperformed in election districts with the least minority residents, particularly Hastings-on-Hudson, which is simultaneously the most politically progressive and the "whitest" community in Greenburgh.  Curiously, Teachout also performed strongly in parts of Edgemont and Hartsdale - both areas with low numbers of black and Latin voters - where Cuomo had outperformed his state numbers. (Maloney only won the multibuilding Highpoint condo complex - which I'm assuming is the oldest ED in Greenburgh as well as a small ED in Tarrytown).    I'm not aware of any substantive policy issues that divided James and Teachout to explain this voting pattern, but I'm loath to draw further conclusions.

GREENBURGH CUOMO-NIXON 2018 PRIMARY BREAKDOWN

VILLAGE	ELEC DIST.	TOTAL	CUOMO	%	NIXON	%	Registered Dems
TARRYTOWN	1-7, 55, 74, 76	1289	692	54%	597	46%	3663     35%
IRVINGTON	8-11, 60, 79	950	563	59%	387	41%	2339.    41%
DOBBS FERRY	12-17, 58, 65. 80	1319	796	60%	523	40%	3574     37%
HASTINGS	18-23, 52, 59	1871	979	52%	892	48%	3688.    51%
ARDSLEY	24, 25, 53, 54	602	428	71%	174	29%	1656.    36%
ELMSFORD	26-28	333	248	75%	85	25%	1220.    27%
2018 TOTALS		6364	3706	58%	2658	42%	16,140.  39%

TOV SCHOOL DIST ELEC. DIST. TOTAL CUOMO % NIXON REG.DEMS EDGEMONT SD 33-35, 49, 69, 70   812 578 71%    234  2479.   33%        HARTSDALE GC 36-41, 56, 66, 57 71, 72, 75 1598 1194 75%    404 3945.   41%    FAIRVIEW GC 42, 44-46, 61, 63, 64, 78 1632 1364 84%    268 4273.    38%        POCANTICO SD 29, 68  153   106 69%      47  401         VALHALLA SD 47, 48, 67  474   382 81%      92 1220.    39%        ARDSLEY SD (outside village) 32, 43, 50, 62, 73  715   529 74%     186 2048.    35%         ELMSFORD SD (outside village) 51, 77, 81 413  342 83%      71 1131.    30%          TARRY/ELM 30 181   121 67%      60 485          EAST IRVINGTON 31 176   119 68%      57 556          2018 UNINC. TOTAL 6154 4735 77%   1419 16538.  37%

2018 TOWN GOV PRIM. TURNOUT: 12,517  38% CUOMO: 8,441 67%.    NIXON:    4077. 33%
2016 TOWN PRES PRIM TURNOUT: 15,573   50% CLINTON 10,667 68% SANDERS:4906. 32%
2014 TOWN GOV PRIM TURNOUT.  4,261    14% CUOMO:  2364 55% TEACHOUT 1824 43%
2013 TOWN SUPER PRIM TURNOUT: 5992  19% FEINER :3847. 64%. BERNSTEIN; 2142 36%

NOTES.
1.  Turnout for the June 2018 Democratic Governor's primary at 12,517 came relatively close to the Clinton - Sanders presidential primary in 2016 turnout of 15,573.  Clinton received a similar percentage of townside votes to Cuomo, with 68% of the Greenburgh Democratic primary vote in 2016. The 2018 Governor's turnout, however, crushed the 2014 Governor's primary turnout (Cuomo-Teachout) which was only 4261.
2.  Greenburgh Democratic registered voters rose by 2351 - almost 8% from 2014 to 2018
3. Rivertown Democrats (Hastings, Dobbs, Irvington and Tarrytown), especially from Hastings, are on a different wavelength from the rest of the town Democrats.   Andrew Cuomo won 67% of the Town of Greenburgh Democratic primary vote, narrowly exceeding his statewide total of 66%.   In the four rivertowns, however, Cuomo received only 54% of the vote.  Nixon received at least 40% in each rivertown, and achieved 48% in Hastings - entrenching that village's image as Upper West Side North.  Nixon struggled to reach 30% in any other of the major sections of the Greenburgh.
4. Hastings' 51% turnout among registered Democratic voters was astounding for a June gubernatorial primary - exceeding even the townwide Democratic turnout of 50% in the 2016 Clinton - Sanders presidential primary.  Presumably, the Indivisible voters organization in Greenburgh, centered on Hastings, has had an impact on turnout, although those numbers were largely squandered on a candidate who received little support outside of the Rivertowns.  Put another way, Hastings gave Nixon 22% of her Greenburgh vote while comprising just 11% of the town's registered Democrats. Interestingly, similarly "progressive" Bernie Sanders didn't perform nearly as well in Hastings, gaining only 35% of the vote primary vote against Clinton in the village (with Clinton winning 1463 to 804).   In contrast to Hastings (84%white according to censusreporter.org), Greenburgh's most heavily minority neighborhoods in Fairview, voted most decisively in favor of Cuomo with 84%, and Nixon receiving a paltry 16%.

YOUR 2018 GREENBURGH TAX RATES COMPARISON TABLE

Villlage	School District	residences	schools ’18-’19	Village	Greenburgh Town	County	Fire Dist./Fire Protect. Dist		TOTAL TAX RATE	$500K assess.	$600K assess	$700K assess	$800K assess	$1mil assess
Irvington Village	Irvington SD	1798	19.42	7.82	0.47	3.23			30.94	15,470.35	18,564.42	21,658.49	24,752.56	30,940.70
Irvington Village	Dobbs Ferry SD	56	22.02	7.82	0.47	3.23			33.54	16,769.60	20,123.52	23,477.44	26,831.36	33,539.20
Dobbs Ferry Village	Dobbs Ferry SD	2318	22.02	6.95	0.47	3.23			32.67	16,336.60	19,603.92	22,871.24	26,138.56	32,673.20
Dobbs Ferry Village	Ardsley SD	521	22.44	6.95	0.47	3.23			33.09	16,545.60	19,854.72	23,163.84	26,472.96	33,091.20
Hastings Village	Hastings SD	2549	21.04	6.13	0.47	3.23			30.88	15,441.20	18,529.44	21,617.68	24,705.92	30,882.40
Ardsley Village	Ardsley SD	1666	22.44	9.83	0.47	3.23			35.97	17,985.10	21,582.12	25,179.14	28,776.16	35,970.20
Elmsford Village	Elmsford SD	1185	19.94	10.39	0.47	3.23			34.03	17,015.75	20,418.90	23,822.05	27,225.20	34,031.50
Elmsford Village	Greenburgh Cent SD	166	16.12	10.39	0.47	3.23			30.21	15,103.55	18,124.26	21,144.97	24,165.68	30,207.10
Tarrytown Village	Tarrytown SD	2592	21.60	7.99	0.47	3.23			33.29	16,646.90	19,976.28	23,305.66	26,635.04	33,293.80
Tarrytown Village	Irvington SD	567	19.42	7.99	0.47	3.23			31.12	15,557.85	18,669.42	21,780.99	24,892.56	31,115.70
										total taxes*	total taxes*	total taxes*	total taxes*	total taxes*
TOV/Unincoroporated	School District		2018-19		2018	2018		2018
	Greenburgh Cent SD	3000 (est.)	16.12		6.17	3.23	Hartsdale FD	5.78	31.30	15,651.13	18,781.35	21,911.58	25,041.80	31,302.25
	Greenburgh Cent SD	3400 (est.)	16.12		6.17	3.23	Fairview FD	4.89	30.42	15,207.83	18,249.40	21,290.96	24,332.53	30,415.66
	Elmsford SD	769	19.94		6.17	3.23	Fairview FD	4.89	34.24	17,120.03	20,544.04	23,968.04	27,392.05	34,240.06
	Elmsford SD	169	19.94		6.17	3.23	W. Elmsford FPD	0.68	30.02	15,012.43	18,014.92	21,017.41	24,019.89	30,024.87
	Elmsford SD	441	19.94		6.17	3.23	N. Elmsford FPD	0.69	30.03	15,017.16	18,020.60	21,024.03	24,027.46	30,034.33
	Ardsley SD	500 (est.)	22.44		6.17	3.23	Hartsdale FD	5.78	37.62	18,810.18	22,572.21	26,334.25	30,096.28	37,620.35
	Ardsley SD	612	22.44		6.17	3.23	S. Ardsley FPD	1.08	32.92	16,459.82	19,751.79	23,043.75	26,335.72	32,919.65
	Ardsley SD	67	22.44		6.17	3.23	Donald Park FPD	1.86	33.70	16,849.01	20,218.81	23,588.61	26,958.41	33,698.02
	Ardsley SD	300 (est.)	22.44		6.17	3.23	Fairview FD	4.89	36.73	18,366.88	22,040.26	25,713.63	29,387.01	36,733.76
	Ardsley SD	6	22.44		6.17	3.23	Chauncey FPD	1.06	32.90	16,448.33	19,737.99	23,027.66	26,317.32	32,896.66
	Edgemont SD	2423	19.86		6.17	3.23	Greenville FD	3.55	32.80	16,402.42	19,682.90	22,963.39	26,243.87	32,804.84
	Valhalla SD	762	19.59		6.17	3.23	Fairview FD	4.89	33.89	16,945.68	20,334.82	23,723.95	27,113.09	33,891.36
	Pocantico Hills SD	498	9.10		6.17	3.23	N. Elmsford FPD	0.69	19.19	9,597.31	11,516.78	13,436.24	15,355.70	19,194.63
	Tarrytown SD	385	21.60		6.17	3.23	Glenville FPD	0.85	31.85	15,924.58	19,109.50	22,294.41	25,479.33	31,849.16
	Irvington SD	333	19.42		6.17	3.23	E. Irvington FPD	0.47	29.30	14,648.07	17,577.68	20,507.29	23,436.91	29,296.13
	Irvington SD	20	19.42		6.17	3.23	Glenville FPD	0.85	29.67	14,835.53	17,802.64	20,769.74	23,736.85	29,671.06
	Hastings SD	286	21.04		6.17	3.23	Donald Park FPD	1.86	32.31	16,153.11	19,383.73	22,614.35	25,844.97	32,306.22

NOTES: 

• TAX RATES AND TOTAL TAXES DO NOT APPLY STAR DEDUCTIONS (BASIC STAR REDUCES $88,600 FROM THE HOME'S ASSESSED VALUE FOR SCHOOL TAX CALCULATION ONLY)
• TOTAL TAXES DO NOT INCLUDE SEWER AND OTHER SMALL TAX DISTRICT ADD-ONS (ABOUT 3% OF THE TOTAL TAX BILL)
• TABLE EXCLUDES CONFIGURATIONS WITH FEWER THAN 10 PROPERTIES
• ALL TAX RATES ARE PER MILL (DIVIDE HOME'S ASSESSED VALUE BY 1000 AND MULTIPLE RESULT BY TAX RATE)