Middle Island, NY is a small town in the north of Long Island, NY. The town has a long history and a strong sense of community among its residents. Politically, the town is largely conservative leaning, with most people holding traditional values and supporting candidates who reflect those values. Local elections usually center around issues such as taxes, education funding, public safety, and economic development. In recent years Middle Island has seen some of its businesses close due to economic stagnation, so jobs and job growth have become increasingly important topics on the campaign trail. A number of local candidates have come forward with policy proposals to tackle these issues head on in order to keep Middle Island thriving for years to come.
The political climate in Middle Island, 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
Middle Island, 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.
Middle Island, 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 Middle Island, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,982 contributions totaling $131,102 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 353 contributions totaling $66,209 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)