The town of 11957 Orient, NY is a small rural community located on the North Fork of Long Island. Politically, it is fairly conservative, with most residents supporting Republican candidates in local, state and national elections. In recent years, the town has seen an uptick in voter turnout due to initiatives by local organizations to engage more citizens in politics. Currently, there are no locally elected politicians from 11957 Orient, but residents have been able to make their voices heard through attending town hall meetings or writing letters and emails to their representatives. Despite its small size, 11957 Orient is making an effort to stay civically engaged and informed about current political issues impacting the town.
The political climate in Zip 11957 (Orient, 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 11957 (Orient, NY) is leaning conservative.
Orient, 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.
Orient, 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 11957 (Orient)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 814 contributions totaling $59,467 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $1,850 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)