Great Neck, NY is a village located in Nassau County on the North Shore of Long Island. It is known for its affluent population and excellent public schools. The politics of Great Neck are managed by a five-member Village Board that meets regularly to discuss issues and pass legislation. The board is composed of a mayor, two trustees, and two deputy mayors to handle day-to-day affairs within the village. Additionally, there are several committees and commissions that deal with issues such as Licensing & Permits, Public Works, Budget & Finance, Zoning & Planning, Economic Development, Police Protection Services, and Parks & Recreation. All members of these committees serve four year terms with elections occurring every two years. As an incorporated village in New York State, Great Neck also has representation in the state legislature through various Assembly Members and Senators for Nassau County who work to ensure that residents' voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Great Neck, 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
Great Neck, 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.
Great Neck, 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 Great Neck, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,433 contributions totaling $2,475,538 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $385 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 854 contributions totaling $581,412 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $681 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)