Suffolk County is located in New York State and is home to many vibrant communities. Politics in Suffolk County are governed by the Suffolk County Legislature, which is responsible for enacting laws, creating budgets and managing the county’s resources. The legislature is composed of 18 members, each representing their own district within the county. Elections are held biennially and voters in each district can choose between a variety of candidates running for office. Issues impacting Suffolk County include public safety, infrastructure projects, education and economic development. Local governments are also responsible for maintaining roads, services such as sanitation collection and water supply, as well as providing social services to residents. It is up to the elected representatives of each district to work together to ensure that their constituents have access to these services and are able to live prosperous lives in this beautiful part of New York State.
The political climate in 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
Suffolk County, NY 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.
Suffolk, 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 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 Suffolk County, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 121,107 contributions totaling $18,048,498 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19,381 contributions totaling $38,922,330 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,008 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)