Elwood, NY is a small town located in the state of New York. It is known for its quaint charm and close-knit community. Despite its size, Elwood has an active political environment. The local government consists of a mayor and four members of the village board that are elected by the citizens of Elwood. All major decisions for the village are decided by this governing body. In addition, there are several local political organizations such as the Elwood Republican Committee, The Elwood Democratic Club, and The Independent Citizens of Elwood who advocate for their respective causes within the community. As a result, residents have plenty of opportunities to get involved in politics and make their voices heard within their local community.
The political climate in Elwood, 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
Elwood, 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.
Elwood, 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 Elwood, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,014 contributions totaling $1,288,573 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,776 contributions totaling $544,650 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $307 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)