Franklin Square, NY is a small town located on the south shore of Long Island. It is home to a diverse population and has many different political views among its residents. The town has an active local government that focuses on issues such as public safety, infrastructure, education, and economic development. Local candidates for office include current Mayor William Belz who is running for re-election and Councilman John Smith who is challenging him. Both have very different views on how to approach the challenges faced by Franklin Square and its citizens. Residents take an active interest in local politics in order to make sure their voices are heard when decisions are being made about the future of their community.
The political climate in Franklin Square, NY is leaning liberal.
Nassau County, NY is somewhat liberal. In Nassau County, NY 54.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nassau county remained moderately Democratic, 54.1% to 44.6%.
Nassau county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Franklin Square, NY is leaning liberal.
Nassau County, New York is somewhat 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.
Franklin Square, New York: D d d d d d
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 Franklin Square, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,715 contributions totaling $306,044 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 659 contributions totaling $94,720 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)