The politics in 11739 Great River, NY are heavily influenced by its local government. The town is run by a mayor and a board of trustees who are elected by the residents of 11739 Great River. Current local issues include taxes, infrastructure improvements, public safety and education policies. The town also has many local political organizations that are actively engaged in civic activities such as voter registration drives and community development projects. In addition, the town is home to numerous local political candidates who run for office each election cycle and compete for the support of their constituents.
The political climate in Zip 11739 (Great River, 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 11739 (Great River, NY) is leaning conservative.
Great River, 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.
Great River, 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 11739 (Great River)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $29,358 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,398 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $33,792 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,988 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)