Medford, NY is a small town located in Long Island. It is home to the Patchogue-Medford School District which serves a wide variety of students from all backgrounds. Politically, the town is largely Republican and in recent years has seen a major shift toward support for President Donald Trump. In local elections, Medford residents have consistently chosen conservative candidates who they feel are best equipped to serve their interests. The Medford Town Board consists of four Republicans and one Democrat, while Suffolk County Legislator Kate Browning represents the area on a larger scale. Residents of Medford are passionate about their politics and take an active role in local political discourse.
The political climate in Medford, 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
Medford, 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.
Medford, 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 Medford, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,665 contributions totaling $137,509 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 595 contributions totaling $127,037 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)