Nassau, NY Voting


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Nassau County is located on the westernmost part of Long Island in New York. The county is home to a variety of different political views, with people from all walks of life represented in the local government. The county includes two towns and two villages: Hempstead, North Hempstead, Oyster Bay, and Glen Cove. Local legislative bodies include the Nassau County Legislature which consists of 17 members representing each district within Nassau County, as well as the Board of Supervisors for each town and village. Each municipality in Nassau has their own mayor and board of trustees which are responsible for passing resolutions related to local issues. The county also has its own executive branch with a county executive who enforces county laws related to taxation, public safety, health care services, and other areas. With such a diverse population and representation in local politics, there is an opportunity for everyone’s voice to be heard when it comes to important decisions affecting the people of Nassau County.

The political climate in Nassau, NY is leaning conservative.

Rensselaer County, NY is leaning liberal. In Rensselaer County, NY 51.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.

In the last Presidential election, Rensselaer county flipped moderately Democratic, 51.6% to 46.0%.
Rensselaer county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.


The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index

Nassau, NY is leaning conservative.


Rensselaer County, New York is leaning liberal.

Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metro Area is somewhat 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.

Nassau, New York: d d d D r 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 Nassau, NY

In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,817 contributions totaling $207,877 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.

In the last 4 years, there were 239 contributions totaling $36,351 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.

(source: Federal Election Commission)

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