11784 Selden, NY is a small town located on Long Island in New York. Although it has a small population, the people of 11784 are passionate about their local politics. The Town of Brookhaven holds elections every two years and residents can vote for their local supervisor and other politicians who represent them. In addition to the town government, there are several civic organizations that work to keep 11784 Selden informed on current issues and to ensure that citizens have access to resources like public transportation and educational opportunities. People in 11784 take an active role in the political process, engaging in debates and discussions to ensure their voices are heard. They also take part in campaigns and initiatives that focus on making their community a better place for everyone.
The political climate in Zip 11784 (Selden, 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 11784 (Selden, NY) is leaning conservative.
Selden, 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.
Selden, 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 11784 (Selden)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 454 contributions totaling $18,813 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 76 contributions totaling $10,112 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)