Melrose Park, NY is a small town located in Nassau County. It has a long history of local politics and there are several positions up for election each year. The primary aim of the local political candidates is to provide services and resources that will benefit all members of the community. Recently, the focus has been on creating more job opportunities, improving public safety, and developing infrastructure projects that will benefit everyone. There have also been initiatives to increase access to quality health care services and educational programs throughout the town. With the help of residents' input and support, Melrose Park's local politicians have worked hard to ensure that the town remains a safe, healthy, and prosperous place to live.
The political climate in Melrose Park, NY is somewhat conservative.
Cayuga County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Cayuga County, NY 44.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cayuga county remained moderately Republican, 53.3% to 44.4%.
Cayuga county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Melrose Park, NY is somewhat conservative.
Cayuga County, New York is somewhat conservative.
Auburn Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Melrose Park, New York: d r 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 Melrose Park, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,796 contributions totaling $102,984 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 586 contributions totaling $107,846 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)