Old Westbury, NY is a small town in Long Island with a long history of political involvement. Despite its size, Old Westbury has been an active part of local politics over the years. As such, there have been many influential figures associated with the town who have gone on to become prominent members of the local and state government. While there are no current local political candidates from Old Westbury, the town's residents remain passionate and vocal about their political beliefs and regularly participate in debates surrounding issues affecting Long Island as a whole. Through their active involvement in local politics, Old Westbury's citizens serve as an example of how small towns can still have an impact on larger state-wide matters.
The political climate in Old Westbury, 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
Old Westbury, 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.
Old Westbury, 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 Old Westbury, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,460 contributions totaling $2,841,914 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $821 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 728 contributions totaling $1,988,012 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,731 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)