The politics of Lake Grove, NY are shaped by the town's residents. It is a small community located on Long Island in Suffolk County with a population of just over 6,000 people. The town has a Mayor and four trustees who are elected to serve terms of two years by the residents. Each trustee represents a particular district within the same town and all five officials work together to create laws and regulations that will benefit the citizens of Lake Grove. In addition, the Town Council meets regularly to discuss issues related to public safety, taxes, zoning and development projects. Furthermore, local political candidates often campaign for office within the town in order to represent their constituents’ concerns. Through their combined efforts, these officials strive to ensure that all residents of Lake Grove are represented fairly and have access to quality services and resources that will make their lives better.
The political climate in Lake Grove, 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
Lake Grove, 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.
Lake Grove, 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 Lake Grove, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 650 contributions totaling $42,750 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 98 contributions totaling $30,507 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $311 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)