East Islip, NY is a small town located in Suffolk County on Long Island. It is home to many families and is known for its beautiful parks and beaches. The local government is run by a Town Supervisor, four Town Councilpersons, Receiver of Taxes and a Town Clerk. Together they are responsible for the everyday operations of the town, from public safety to public works and everything in between. The local political candidates work hard to ensure that the needs of the community are met while upholding fiscal responsibility. Every year the citizens of East Islip come together to cast their votes on who will represent them at the local government level for the upcoming year. This ensures that there is an active dialogue between residents and elected officials so that everyone’s voice can be heard and respected.
The political climate in East Islip, 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
East Islip, 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.
East Islip, 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 East Islip, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,161 contributions totaling $71,756 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 189 contributions totaling $19,431 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)