Farmingdale, NY is a small town located in Nassau County on Long Island. It has a rich political history that dates back to the town's founding in 1695. The current political landscape in Farmingdale is largely dominated by the Republican Party. The local government consists of a Mayor and four trustees that are elected to serve two-year terms. The Mayor and trustees are responsible for setting policy, establishing budgets, and overseeing the operation of the municipality. In addition, Farmingdale is part of New York State’s 5th Congressional District which is represented by Representative Kathleen Rice. Locally, citizens can stay informed on news related to politics via the township’s official website as well as various local media outlets.
The political climate in Farmingdale, NY is leaning liberal.
Nassau County, NY is somewhat liberal. In Nassau County, NY 54.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nassau county remained moderately Democratic, 54.1% to 44.6%.
Nassau county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Farmingdale, NY is leaning liberal.
Nassau County, New York is somewhat liberal.
New York-Newark-Jersey City Metro Area is strongly liberal.
New York is moderately liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Farmingdale, New York: D d d d d d
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Farmingdale, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 833 contributions totaling $230,119 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 364 contributions totaling $84,481 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)