Fort Salonga, NY is a small community in Suffolk County located on the North Shore of Long Island. The town is known for its strong sense of community and local traditions. Politically, Fort Salonga is part of the 15th Congressional District which is currently represented by Representative Thomas Suozzi in the U.S House of Representatives. At the state level, Fort Salonga is part of New York Senate's 3rd District which is served by Senator Monica Martinez. At the county level, Fort Salonga lies within Suffolk County Legislature's 18th District and is currently represented by Legislator Kara Hahn. Locally, the town continues to be governed by an elected town board consisting of a Town Supervisor and four Town Council members who focus on issues that affect residents such as zoning, taxes and public safety.
The political climate in Fort Salonga, 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
Fort Salonga, 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.
Fort Salonga, 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 Fort Salonga, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,900 contributions totaling $1,365,074 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,093 contributions totaling $999,067 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $477 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)