11706 Bay Shore, NY is located in the southwestern part of Suffolk County and is represented politically by several local elected officials. The town's current state senator is Philip Boyle and the assemblyman is Michael Fitzpatrick. At the county level, the town is represented by Leslie Kennedy as its County Legislator. In addition to these representatives, 11706 Bay Shore also elects a Town Supervisor, Councilpersons, Highway Superintendent, Town Clerk, Receiver of Taxes and Assessor who all focus on local laws and policies that have an impact on the citizens of this community. Local issues that have been addressed in recent years include maintaining a balanced budget, protecting public safety and health services, and encouraging economic development for residents throughout-out 11706 Bay Shore.
The political climate in Zip 11706 (Bay Shore, NY) is leaning liberal.
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 11706 (Bay Shore, NY) is leaning liberal.
Bay Shore, New York is leaning liberal.
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.
Bay Shore, 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 11706 (Bay Shore)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,903 contributions totaling $262,125 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 336 contributions totaling $103,427 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $308 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)