East Hampton, NY is an affluent town located in Suffolk County on the eastern end of Long Island. This area has become increasingly popular for its luxury real estate, award-winning restaurants, and beautiful beaches. Politically speaking, East Hampton is a strong Democratic stronghold with strong ties to its local government officials. Major issues of importance to the residents include education reform, conservation efforts, coastal protection, and public safety. The town has seen great success in many of these areas due to the dedication and hard work of elected officials over the years. Recently there has been a renewed focus on the growing affordable housing crisis as well as reversing climate change. With a diverse population and varying beliefs, East Hampton's local politics is often lively and engaging for resident debates.
The political climate in East Hampton, 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
East Hampton, 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.
East Hampton, 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 East Hampton, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 63,195 contributions totaling $14,419,903 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $228 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,573 contributions totaling $9,247,667 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,022 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)