Nassau County, located on the southwestern part of Long Island in New York State is a vibrant and diverse community. The county is governed by a 39-member legislative body comprised of 10 towns and two cities, each led by an elected supervisor. The Nassau County Executive, currently Laura Curran, is elected for a four year term and serves as the county’s chief executive officer. In addition to the executive branch there are also agencies within Nassau County that oversee public works, public safety, parks and recreation, health services, education, economic development and more. Each agency has its own board or commission composed of local residents who are appointed by the county executive and confirmed by the legislature. With such an involved governance structure in place it's clear that politics plays a major role in the lives of Nassau County residents.
The political climate in Nassau County, NY is somewhat liberal.
In Nassau County, NY 54.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nassau county remained moderately Democratic, 54.1% to 44.6%.
Nassau county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Nassau County, NY is somewhat 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.
Nassau, New York: D d d d d 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 County, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 91,784 contributions totaling $22,882,206 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $249 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18,480 contributions totaling $14,710,545 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $796 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)