Shelter Island, NY is a small Town located on an Island in the East End of Long Island. The population of 11964 Shelter Island is 2,194 people as of 2019. Shelter Island is divided into four hamlets; Dering Harbor, Silver Beach, Ram Island and Shelter Island Heights. In this small Town, local politics are conducted on the basis of a Town Council-Manager form of government. The town council consists of five members elected to two-year terms by the residents in each respective hamlet. The citizens also elect a town supervisor who serves a four-year term and acts as the Chief Executive Officer for the town. Through these elected officials, residents have influence over major decisions regarding budgeting, taxes, public policy and local law enforcement. It is essential that all citizens participate in local elections to ensure their voices are heard and their concerns are addressed in local government decisions.
The political climate in Zip 11964 (Shelter Island, 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 11964 (Shelter Island, NY) is leaning conservative.
Shelter Island, 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.
Shelter Island, 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 11964 (Shelter Island)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,457 contributions totaling $183,502 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $10,861 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $350 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)