The politics in 11977 Westhampton, NY have been relatively stable since the mid-2000s. It is a small village located on Long Island with a population of roughly 250 people. Despite its size, the village has an impressive range of local services and amenities which makes it a desirable place to live. The local government consists of an elected mayor and four trustees who work together to manage the affairs of the Village. The current mayor is Verne Sweeney, who was elected in 2016 and is currently serving his second term in office. He has been praised for his efforts to maintain stability within the community and establish new policies that have helped improve quality of life for residents. In addition, he has also implemented changes to the budget process that have led to lower taxes for local businesses and homeowners. With regard to national politics, residents tend to lean towards both Democratic and Republican candidates equally.
The political climate in Zip 11977 (Westhampton, 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 11977 (Westhampton, NY) is leaning conservative.
Westhampton, 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.
Westhampton, 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 11977 (Westhampton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 230 contributions totaling $41,892 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $9,730 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)