Dix Hills, NY is a small town located on the south shore of Long Island. It has a strong sense of community and is known for its vibrant civic life. The local government is led by an elected mayor and a five-member Town Board. All five members are elected at-large to serve four-year terms. The Town Board sets policy, adopts ordinances, decides how funds are appropriated, and determines services to be provided for citizens. The community is also served by two state assemblyman who represent the interests of the people in Albany. The town regularly holds elections for local offices including those for mayor, town board members, and other miscellaneous positions such as highway superintendent or receiver of taxes. Dix Hills residents care deeply about their local politics and actively participate in the election process to ensure that they are represented by officials who share their values and can effectively address their concerns.
The political climate in Dix Hills, NY is leaning conservative.
Suffolk County, NY is leaning liberal. In Suffolk County, NY 49.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Suffolk county remained narrowly Republican, 49.3% to 49.3%.
Suffolk county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dix Hills, NY is leaning conservative.
Suffolk County, New York is leaning 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.
Dix Hills, New York: D d d d r r
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 Dix Hills, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,181 contributions totaling $2,329,074 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,433 contributions totaling $3,053,266 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $889 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)