East Northport, NY is a vibrant and diverse community located in Suffolk County. The town is governed by an elected government consisting of a Town Supervisor, four Town Board members and four Town Council members. Each is responsible for representing their constituents and promoting the interests of the town at large. In terms of local politics, the citizens of East Northport are very involved in decisions that impact their lives on a daily basis, from voting for initiatives such as zoning reform or budgetary items to issues such as crime prevention or public works projects. The residents also have the opportunity to participate in town hall meetings to voice their concerns and opinions on local matters. Overall, East Northport is a lively place full of political activity, with its citizens always striving to make it better for everyone within the town limits.
The political climate in East Northport, 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 Northport, 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 Northport, 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 Northport, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,980 contributions totaling $770,389 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,220 contributions totaling $519,918 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $426 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)