Smithtown, NY is a vibrant town with a strong sense of community and local political engagement. The citizens of Smithtown take their civic duty seriously and actively participate in local politics, debating the issues that affect them daily. Recently, there have been many debates regarding the best way to fund public services, such as education and infrastructure. There have also been discussions about how best to ensure fair taxation for all residents. In addition, Smithtown has recently seen an increase in candidates running for office at the state and local level. All of these candidates are eager to represent Smithtown and bring their ideas to the table. With so much diversity among the candidates, no matter who is elected, they will be sure to bring unique perspectives and solutions to the challenges facing Smithtown
The political climate in Smithtown, 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
Smithtown, 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.
Smithtown, 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 Smithtown, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40,560 contributions totaling $6,084,489 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10,643 contributions totaling $30,623,680 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,877 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)