Islip, NY is a town in Suffolk County located on Long Island. The town of Islip is a part of the 10th Congressional District and is represented by Congressman Lee Zeldin. Local government for Islip is handled by the Town Council consisting of four councilmen and the Supervisor. The Town Council works to ensure that the residents are provided with quality services such as public safety, public health, and infrastructure. They also work to protect the environment, create jobs, encourage local businesses and promote economic development in Islip. In addition, they work to protect Islip's cultural resources while preserving its historic character. Local elections are held every two years where citizens can vote for candidates running for office in Islip's political landscape.
The political climate in Islip, NY is leaning liberal.
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
Islip, NY is leaning liberal.
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.
Islip, 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 Islip, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 53,380 contributions totaling $5,162,545 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12,200 contributions totaling $2,635,727 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)