Williston Park, NY 11596 is a small town located on Long Island in Nassau County. It is governed by the Town of North Hempstead, which has a Town Supervisor and Board of Trustees. The Town Clerk, Receiver of Taxes, Highway Superintendent, and Assessor are all elected officials who serve Williston Park. Local politics in Williston Park focus on issues such as taxes and public services such as police and fire protection. Residents also have an active community organization that works to ensure that the needs of Williston Park's citizens are addressed. The local government encourages civic engagement through its various public programs such as youth awareness events, community forums, and citizenship classes. Through the efforts of both elected officials and the local community organization, Williston Park continues to be a safe and vibrant place for its residents to live.
The political climate in Zip 11596 (Williston Park, NY) is leaning liberal.
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
Zip 11596 (Williston Park, NY) is leaning liberal.
Williston Park, New York is leaning liberal.
Nassau County, New York 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.
Williston Park, 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 zip 11596 (Williston Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 449 contributions totaling $87,315 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 195 contributions totaling $48,226 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $247 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)