Muttontown, NY is a small village located in Nassau County. It is known for its lush greenery and unique history. The politics of Muttontown are primarily based around local government, with the mayor leading the village council. The village council is responsible for making laws, setting budgets, and taking care of public services within the community. The mayor and village council are elected by the citizens of Muttontown every two years on election day. In recent years, elections have been competitive due to several new candidates vying for positions on the council. Citizens of Muttontown take an active role in local politics, with many attending candidate forums and voting in all local elections. The current mayor of Muttontown has been commended for his initiatives to improve quality of life issues such as traffic safety and environmental-friendly practices within the village.
The political climate in Muttontown, 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
Muttontown, 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.
Muttontown, 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 Muttontown, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,119 contributions totaling $3,544,107 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $498 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,958 contributions totaling $3,603,211 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,840 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)