Blue Point, NY is a small town in Suffolk County on Long Island. Although it has a relatively small population, politics in the area are still important. With the local elections coming up, residents of Blue Point are beginning to pay attention to who will be representing them in government. A number of candidates have been campaigning for various positions, including mayor and city council members. They have been talking with local organizations and working to get their name out into the community. Residents of Blue Point can look forward to an exciting election season as they consider who will be best suited to represent them in local politics.
The political climate in Blue Point, 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
Blue Point, NY 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.
Blue Point, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Blue Point, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,628 contributions totaling $106,927 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 460 contributions totaling $77,039 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)