Orient, NY is a small town located on the North Fork of Long Island. It has a tight-knit community and friendly atmosphere that makes it an ideal place to live for both families and individuals. While Orient does not have its own local political candidates, it is still heavily involved in politics at the state and national levels. Residents often get together to discuss current events or express their opinions about topics such as taxes or healthcare. There are also several volunteer organizations that work to advocate for important local issues and support causes that benefit the community. With so much involvement in politics, Orient remains a great place to live with its strong sense of community spirit and commitment to making sure everyone's voice is heard.
The political climate in Orient, 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
Orient, 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.
Orient, 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 Orient, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 814 contributions totaling $59,467 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $1,850 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)