Oceanside, NY is a vibrant community located on Long Island's South Shore. It is home to many diverse cultures and people, making it a great place to live and visit. Politically speaking, Oceanside is part of the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County and its residents are represented by various local representatives at both the state and national level. The Town of Hempstead includes four villages: Atlantic Beach, Cedarhurst, Lawrence, and Woodsburgh. At the state level, Oceanside is represented by Senator Todd Kaminsky in the 9th Senate district as well as Assemblywoman Judy Griffin in the 20th Assembly District. On a federal level, Oceanside is represented by Congressman Tom Suozzi in New York's 3rd Congressional District. All these representatives work to ensure that Oceanside residents have access to the resources they need for a healthy and successful life.
The political climate in Oceanside, NY is leaning liberal.
Nassau County, NY is somewhat liberal. In Nassau County, NY 54.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nassau county remained moderately Democratic, 54.1% to 44.6%.
Nassau county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oceanside, NY is leaning liberal.
Nassau County, New York is somewhat 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.
Oceanside, New York: D d d d d d
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 Oceanside, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,019 contributions totaling $1,113,668 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 884 contributions totaling $248,550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $281 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)