The town of Amagansett, NY is a small and peaceful community located on Long Island's East End. The town is known for its quaint and relaxed atmosphere, as well as its close proximity to the ocean. Politically, the town is run by an all-Democratic Town Board, which is currently presided over by Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc. Other members of the board include Councilman Fred Overton and Deputy Supervisor Sylvia Overton. The Board sets local laws and policies that aide in keeping the town safe and clean, while also preserving its rich culture and environment. Through their leadership, they aim to ensure that quality of life remains high within the community while being mindful of financial constraints. Overall, Amagansett has a strong focus on being an inclusive government that values its citizens’ opinions and voices.
The political climate in Zip 11930 (Amagansett, 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
Zip 11930 (Amagansett, NY) is leaning conservative.
Amagansett, New York 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.
Amagansett, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 11930 (Amagansett)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,154 contributions totaling $144,977 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 88 contributions totaling $40,766 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $463 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)