Halesite, New York is a small community located in Suffolk County on Long Island. The town has a strong sense of community, and the citizens are heavily involved in local politics. Local politicians focus on issues like education, public safety, infrastructure, and economic development. Halesite is served by its own mayor and town council who work closely with local organizations and businesses to ensure that the town is well maintained and supported. The current mayor of Halesite is Jane Smith, who was elected into office in 2020 following a successful campaign focused on improving the quality of life for residents. The members of the town council are dedicated to representing the interests of their constituents while advocating for progressive policies that benefit everyone in the community. In addition to daily operations, Halesite engages in yearly budgeting discussions to ensure that funds are allocated appropriately across departments while remaining mindful of taxpayers’ wallets.
The political climate in Halesite, 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
Halesite, 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.
Halesite, 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 Halesite, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,839 contributions totaling $1,121,802 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,144 contributions totaling $444,535 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $389 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)