The small hamlet of 11550 Hempstead, NY is part of the larger Town of Hempstead in Nassau County. It is represented by elected officials from both the Town and County level. At the town level, it is represented by Town Councilman Bruce Blakeman, who has served on both the Town and Village Board since 1997. At the county level, it is represented by Laura Curran, who has been Nassau County Executive since 2017. Both officials have worked together to ensure that 11550 Hempstead receives its fair share of resources, services, and representation at all levels of government. They have worked to increase public safety measures throughout the area and to promote economic development in order to create a strong foundation for 11550 Hempstead residents to build off of. Furthermore, they have made sure that issues important to residents are addressed promptly and effectively.
The political climate in Zip 11550 (Hempstead, NY) is somewhat liberal.
Nassau County, NY is somewhat liberal. In Nassau County, NY 54.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nassau county remained moderately Democratic, 54.1% to 44.6%.
Nassau county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 11550 (Hempstead, NY) is somewhat liberal.
Hempstead, New York is somewhat liberal.
Nassau County, New York is somewhat 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.
Hempstead, New York: D d d d d d
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 11550 (Hempstead)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,604 contributions totaling $93,168 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $21,043 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $254 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)