Seaford, NY is a small town located in Nassau County on Long Island. As a small town, Seaford is run by a mayor and a local political council. The mayor and council are responsible for the day-to-day operations of the town, such as setting budget priorities and making sure public services are operating efficiently. Additionally, Seaford has representation at the county and state level. Through elected representatives at these higher levels of government, Seaford citizens are able to have their voices heard on issues that affect them locally including taxes, infrastructure improvements, education reform, healthcare reform, economic development and more. Overall, local politics in Seaford are focused on serving the needs of their constituents while ensuring that the town remains a safe and vibrant place to live.
The political climate in Seaford, 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
Seaford, 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.
Seaford, 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 Seaford, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,613 contributions totaling $124,821 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 621 contributions totaling $143,570 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)