Fishers Island, NY is a small island located off the coast of Long Island, New York. It has a rich history and tradition that dates back to the earliest settlers of Long Island. Politically, Fishers Island is part of the Town of Southold in Suffolk County. The citizens of Fishers Island take an active role in local politics and are actively involved in local issues that affect their community. The island's representatives are members of the town board, which is responsible for providing public services such as police protection and public works projects. Local candidates run for office every year and citizens have the opportunity to learn more about them during campaign events held throughout the year. In addition to having its own representative on the town board, Fishers Island also sends representatives to Suffolk County’s legislature where they debate laws that will affect the island's population.
The political climate in Fishers Island, 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
Fishers Island, 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.
Fishers Island, 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 Fishers Island, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 241 contributions totaling $34,111 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $14,501 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $315 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)