North Wantagh is a suburban town in Nassau County, NY, located at the southern shore of Long Island. Political decisions in North Wantagh are largely influenced by its local government which is made up of a Town Supervisor and four Town Council Members who are elected by the residents of the town. This Board is responsible for enacting local laws and ordinances, setting regulations for businesses and services, managing financial matters of the town, appointing certain positions within the town, and more. In addition to this Board, North Wantagh also works with representatives from New York State and Nassau County to ensure that the needs and interests of its citizens are represented on the larger scale. With all these different levels of politics working together, North Wantagh is able to provide its residents with quality services while staying connected to both state and county level issues.
The political climate in North Wantagh, 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
North Wantagh, 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.
North Wantagh, 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 North Wantagh, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,613 contributions totaling $124,821 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 621 contributions totaling $143,570 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)