Roslyn Heights is a small village in Nassau County, New York, located about 20 miles east of Manhattan. Although it is a relatively small and close-knit community, it boasts a vibrant political scene. The village is served by the Town of North Hempstead's government, with three council members who are elected by the residents. Each council member serves two consecutive four-year terms and is responsible for representing Roslyn Heights at town meetings. At the county level, Roslyn Heights is represented by the Nassau County Legislature, where legislators from all towns and villages in the county are elected to serve two-year terms. On the national level, Roslyn Heights is part of New York's 4th Congressional District and its representatives are elected to Congress every two years. Local elections may also be held on occasion for positions such as mayor or other important roles that affect life in the village. Overall, there are many options for citizens of Roslyn Heights to make their voices heard in both local and global politics.
The political climate in Roslyn Heights, 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
Roslyn Heights, 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.
Roslyn Heights, 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 Roslyn Heights, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,900 contributions totaling $409,244 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $215 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 394 contributions totaling $174,581 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $443 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)