West Babylon, NY is a small town located in Long Island with a tight-knit community. The local government is responsible for providing the residents of the area with quality services and programs. The town is represented in the New York State Legislature by two Assembly members and one Senator. Additionally, the town has its own Mayor and Town Council that are elected by the citizens every four years. Together, this governing body works to ensure that all residents have access to resources such as public transportation, infrastructure improvements, recreation spaces, and health care services. In addition, they strive to uphold the values of democracy within West Babylon while respecting the rights of all members of the community.
The political climate in West Babylon, 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
West Babylon, 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.
West Babylon, 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 West Babylon, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,943 contributions totaling $293,785 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 892 contributions totaling $119,843 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)