Ronkonkoma, NY is a small suburb located on the north shore of Long Island. It is home to a diverse population of over 19,000 people. Despite its size, the town has an active political scene and frequently elects officials to represent its citizens in local and state government. Ronkonkoma's current mayor is Democrat John T. Nickels, who was elected in 2018 after previously serving as a Suffolk County legislator for 12 years. There are also several town council members who serve four-year terms and are responsible for making decisions about town issues such as budgeting, infrastructure, public safety, and zoning regulations. Although local politics in Ronkonkoma are often seen as an extension of larger statewide and national debates about taxes and social policies, residents take their civic duties seriously by participating in elections and holding their elected officials accountable for their actions.
The political climate in Ronkonkoma, 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
Ronkonkoma, 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.
Ronkonkoma, 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 Ronkonkoma, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,157 contributions totaling $112,979 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 474 contributions totaling $90,769 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)