Brookhaven, NY is a diverse and vibrant community located in Suffolk County on Long Island. The town has a long history of political activism and involvement in local politics, with many residents taking an active role in their local government. The Town Board is composed of five elected representatives who are responsible for policy decisions that affect the daily lives of Brookhaven’s citizens. Currently, the town supervisor is Edward P. Romaine and the Deputy Supervisor is Neil Foley. Residents elect a dozen board members to serve as trustees for two-year terms overseeing the budget and managing resources. In addition, there are several advisory committees made up of citizens dedicated to particular areas such as public works, environmental protection, housing, and recreation. Local elections are held every two years to determine who will lead the Town Board and make important decisions about how best to serve the people of Brookhaven.
The political climate in Brookhaven, 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
Brookhaven, 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.
Brookhaven, 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 Brookhaven, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 152,107 contributions totaling $25,772,280 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27,140 contributions totaling $179,498,121 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $6,614 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)