Deer Park, NY is a small village located in Suffolk County on Long Island. It is governed by an elected Board of Trustees led by the Mayor. The board is responsible for setting policies that guide the development and growth of Deer Park. The Mayor and Board members are chosen every two years during local elections, and all residents are eligible to vote. Most recently, Joseph Dujmic was re-elected as Mayor with John Papadakis and Robert Bluestone serving as trustees. The Board works together to create ordinances and regulations that serve the citizens of Deer Park while also encouraging business growth within the community. Through this process, Deer Park remains a vibrant part of Long Island while preserving its small-town charm.
The political climate in Deer Park, 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
Deer Park, 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.
Deer Park, 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 Deer Park, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,574 contributions totaling $590,811 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,559 contributions totaling $219,206 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)