Huntington Bay, NY is a small town located on the north shore of Long Island. It is a community that values its independence and strives to maintain strong local politics. Despite its small size, Huntington Bay has established a strong political scene with many local candidates vying for various offices such as mayor, city council members, and school board members. Each candidate brings their own unique perspective to the table which helps create a vibrant political discourse that benefits the entire community. The citizens of Huntington Bay take an active interest in their political scene, taking part in debates and attending public meetings to stay informed about issues affecting the town. With such engaged citizens, it is no surprise that Huntington Bay’s local politics are known for being lively yet respectful and productive.
The political climate in Huntington Bay, 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
Huntington Bay, 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.
Huntington Bay, 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 Huntington Bay, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,644 contributions totaling $1,725,420 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,732 contributions totaling $864,338 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $499 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)