Freeport, NY is a bustling coastal town located on Long Island in New York. It has a deep sense of community and civic engagement, with many active local organizations and political campaigns. Freeport has been the home of several former and current politicians including Eileen Coggins, who served as mayor for 10 years in the mid-2000s, and Anthony D'Esposito, a current state assemblyman. Community members are actively involved in local politics through grassroots efforts, protests and demonstrations, voter registration drives, and volunteer initiatives. Political debates surrounding public policy issues such as education funding, public safety initiatives, infrastructure investments, economic development projects, social programs for citizens in need and environmental conservation issues are common topics of discussion among Freeport residents.
The political climate in Freeport, NY is somewhat 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
Freeport, NY is somewhat 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.
Freeport, 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 Freeport, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,609 contributions totaling $226,206 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 466 contributions totaling $78,817 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)