Long Beach, NY is an active and vibrant community with a rich political history. Located in the beautiful Nassau County on Long Island, Long Beach has been home to many notable figures throughout the years, including current Representative Kathleen Rice who serves in Congress. Despite its small size, Long Beach is an important part of New York's landscape and politics. The city has numerous local elected officials who represent the interests of the residents, such as the City Council which consists of 9 members from various wards in Long Beach. Additionally, Long Beach is also represented by the Nassau County Legislature which includes three representatives from the city. Local elections in Long Beach take place every year and draw lots of attention from the citizens, where candidates debate on important issues such as education, healthcare, public safety and more. Overall, politics play a big role in the lives of people who live in Long Beach and are constantly evolving to meet their needs.
The political climate in Long Beach, 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
Long Beach, 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.
Long Beach, 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 Long Beach, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,411 contributions totaling $322,591 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 462 contributions totaling $118,676 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $257 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)