Mastic Beach, located on the south shore of Long Island, is a small town with an estimated population of 6,000 people. The Town of Brookhaven oversees local politics in Mastic Beach and provides residents with the necessary services to make the town a friendly and livable place for all. As part of its government, Brookhaven has three town supervisors elected by residents to represent them in local government. The current supervisor is Edward P. Romaine who was appointed in 2012 and has been re-elected twice since then. Additionally, there are five council members that work to ensure that the town government meets the needs of its citizens. The council members hold public meetings throughout the year to discuss important issues affecting Mastic Beach and provide their constituents with input on policies and programs. With these representatives in place, Mastic Beach residents can feel confident that their voices are being heard when it comes to decisions that will affect their community.
The political climate in Mastic Beach, 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
Mastic Beach, 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.
Mastic Beach, 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 Mastic Beach, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 797 contributions totaling $55,200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 261 contributions totaling $37,091 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)