Hewlett, NY is a small town situated in Nassau County on Long Island. It has a long history as a rural community with its population currently sitting at around 6,500 people. The local political landscape reflects the town’s rich history and diverse population, and there have been numerous candidates put forward by both major parties in recent years. Many of these candidates have focused on issues such as increasing infrastructure investment, improving public transportation access and creating job opportunities for the growing number of young professionals who are moving to the area. In addition, some have sought to address concerns about over-development in the largely residential neighborhood that Hewlett is located in. The current mayor of Hewlett is Robert Troiano Jr., who is an independent candidate supported by both the local Democratic and Republican party leaders. Troiano has focused his efforts on fostering economic growth through investments in smart technology and infrastructure development, while also advocating for greater environmental sustainability initiatives throughout the community.
The political climate in Hewlett, 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
Hewlett, 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.
Hewlett, 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 Hewlett, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,031 contributions totaling $668,501 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 746 contributions totaling $542,579 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $727 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)