Old Bethpage, NY is a small town located in Nassau County on Long Island. The town has a population of just over 8,000 people and is governed by a board of Trustees. The board of Trustees is comprised of five elected officials who are responsible for providing oversight and making decisions within the community. Local elections are held each year for the board of trustees positions with candidates being nominated by local political parties or community groups. Local residents can also choose to run as independent candidates. During election season, voters have the opportunity to learn more about the candidates and their beliefs through campaign literature and public debates, enabling them to make an informed decision when casting their ballot at the polls.
The political climate in Old Bethpage, 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
Old Bethpage, 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.
Old Bethpage, 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 Old Bethpage, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,368 contributions totaling $469,479 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 728 contributions totaling $153,659 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)