The politics in Centerport, NY are focused on local issues and the community as a whole. Centerport holds regular elections to determine its town officials, such as the mayor and town council. The council members focus on improving services for constituents, including public safety, infrastructure, and economic development. They also strive to provide equitable access to resources for all citizens of Centerport. In addition to the local politics, there is an active voter turnout at the national level with support for both major political parties. Overall, residents of Centerport have a strong interest in local politics as well as national initiatives.
The political climate in Centerport, NY is leaning conservative.
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
Centerport, NY is leaning conservative.
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.
Centerport, 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 Centerport, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,318 contributions totaling $730,767 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 676 contributions totaling $447,313 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $662 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)