North Bay Shore is located on Long Island's South Shore in Suffolk County, NY. It is a small community of just under 14,000 people that is part of the Town of Islip. Local politics are handled by an elected Town Supervisor and four Town Councilmembers, who together form the Town Board. The Town Board sets the town's budget, levies taxes and fees, and makes decisions about land use and zoning matters in North Bay Shore. On the county level, North Bay Shore is represented by three Suffolk County Legislators who are responsible for proposing legislation to address local issues. Additionally, NY state’s Senatorial District 3 (which includes North Bay Shore) has two Senators - Anthony Palumbo and Phil Boyle - who work to represent their constituents at the state level.
The political climate in North Bay Shore, NY is leaning liberal.
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
North Bay Shore, NY is leaning liberal.
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.
North Bay Shore, 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 North Bay Shore, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,423 contributions totaling $289,737 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 510 contributions totaling $124,489 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $244 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)