Huntington, NY is a town located on Long Island in New York State. While it is not the largest town in the area, it does hold great importance to many of its citizens and their families. It is home to numerous local businesses that create jobs and economic opportunities for the residents. The Huntington Town Council works diligently to ensure that the economic prosperity of the town continues to rise while maintaining strong social programs and civic involvement. The Town Council actively encourages public participation in local politics by hosting forums and events where citizens can share their opinions and engage with one another. Additionally, they work to support local initiatives such as improved transportation services, public safety initiatives, environmental protection laws, and educational resources. Each election cycle brings new candidates vying for office who are passionate about improving the lives of Huntington's citizens. While some may disagree on what actions need to be taken, everyone agrees that it is important for Huntington citizens to get involved in politics and take an active role in their community's future.
The political climate in Huntington, 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
Huntington, 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.
Huntington, 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 Huntington, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 147,595 contributions totaling $24,207,263 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29,494 contributions totaling $22,431,403 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $761 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)