Wainscott, NY is a small village located in Suffolk County on the South Shore of Long Island. Despite its small size, it has an active local political environment. The village is served by a mayor and four-member Board of Trustees that form the Wainscott Village government. This governing board sets regulations for the community, provides services to citizens, and works to improve the quality of life in the village. Local elections for mayor and trustees are held annually in March, giving residents the opportunity to participate in shaping their community’s future. Community members also have opportunities throughout the year to express their perspectives on various topics at public meetings held by the governing board. Additionally, several organizations exist which work with local leaders to promote policies and initiatives that can benefit Wainscott’s residents and businesses. Through this combination of local governance and grassroots advocacy, Wainscott remains an engaged and vibrant community with plenty of opportunities for citizens to get involved in shaping its political landscape.
The political climate in Wainscott, 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
Wainscott, 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.
Wainscott, 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 Wainscott, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,700 contributions totaling $1,852,796 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $241 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 573 contributions totaling $1,290,379 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,252 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)