Wantagh, NY is part of the Town of Hempstead, which is home to a variety of local political offices. The Town Council Members represent the people of Wantagh in government decisions. The Departmental and Advisory Committees ensure that town policies are fair and equitable for all residents. Local elections are held every two years to elect Town Board Members, Mayor, Town Clerk, Tax Receiver and Highway Superintendent. All residents have the opportunity to vote in these elections and participate in the political process. In addition to local politics, residents are also able to take part in state and national politics by voting in federal and state elections.
The political climate in Zip 11793 (Wantagh, NY) is leaning 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 11793 (Wantagh, NY) is leaning liberal.
Wantagh, New York is leaning 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.
Wantagh, 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 11793 (Wantagh)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,006 contributions totaling $57,471 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 322 contributions totaling $68,101 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)