East Rockaway, NY is a small village located in Nassau County on the South Shore of Long Island. The village has a mayor-council form of government and is led by four elected trustees and an appointed mayor. The trustees are responsible for approving budget appropriations, setting policy, and making appointments to various boards and committees. In East Rockaway, politics are often focused on local issues such as taxation, zoning regulations, education quality, public safety, infrastructure development, and environmental protection. Residents have the opportunity to get involved in their local politics through voting in elections and attending public meetings. Additionally, volunteers can help out by joining committees or advocacy organizations designed to improve conditions in their community. By participating in local politics, residents can ensure that their voices are heard in the decisions that affect them and their community as a whole.
The political climate in East Rockaway, 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
East Rockaway, NY 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.
East Rockaway, 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 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 East Rockaway, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,444 contributions totaling $308,333 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 505 contributions totaling $146,564 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $290 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)