Springs, NY is a small town located near the scenic Long Island Sound. It has a rich history and a local government that works hard to ensure the safety and prosperity of its residents. Political activity in Springs centers around the town's board of trustees, which consists of five elected members who are responsible for making decisions on behalf of the community. Every two years, local citizens have the opportunity to choose who they want to represent them by voting for their candidates of choice in elections held during off-cycle years. The Town Board works with other local governmental agencies to set policy and regulations that impact all aspects of life in Springs. They also work with community organizations to maintain social programs that benefit the entire town. Residents have numerous options when it comes to getting involved in politics, from attending candidate rallies and forums to volunteering for campaigns or even running for office themselves. All these avenues provide an outlet for people’s opinions and ideas to be heard by their representatives and help shape Springs into an even better place than it already is.
The political climate in Springs, 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
Springs, 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.
Springs, 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 Springs, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,122 contributions totaling $1,650,032 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 486 contributions totaling $1,272,649 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,619 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)