Oyster Bay, NY is a quaint and vibrant town on Long Island's North Shore. It has a long history of involvement in local politics, with elected officials from both major political parties representing the town on the county, state, and national levels. Recent elections have seen an increase in voter turnout in Oyster Bay as more citizens become civically engaged. The town is home to two major political parties: Democrats and Republicans. Both party candidates are active in their respective local communities, attending town meetings and forums to discuss local issues and policies. The local Democratic Party often works closely with residents to support important initiatives such as public safety, education funding, environmental protection, and economic development. Meanwhile, the Republican Party focuses heavily on fiscal responsibility and streamlining government operations. Candidates from both parties have worked together in the past to pass legislation that benefits all residents of Oyster Bay.
The political climate in Oyster Bay, 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
Oyster Bay, 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.
Oyster Bay, 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 Oyster Bay, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 107,228 contributions totaling $43,162,235 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $403 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30,616 contributions totaling $41,676,894 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,361 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)