Miller Place, NY is a small hamlet located in the Town of Brookhaven on Long Island. Although it has no local political candidates, Miller Place is an active member of the greater Long Island political community. The hamlet has long been represented by Congressman Lee Zeldin and State Senator Kenneth P. LaValle in the New York State Senate. At the local level, residents of Miller Place participate in elections for Town of Brookhaven officeholders such as Supervisor Ed Romaine and Councilwoman Valerie Cartright. In addition to these elected officials, Miller Place's citizens are invested in their local government and actively support initiatives that benefit the town's economy and environment.
The political climate in Miller Place, 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
Miller Place, 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.
Miller Place, 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 Miller Place, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,710 contributions totaling $231,673 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 542 contributions totaling $97,191 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)