East Patchogue, NY is a small town in Suffolk County on Long Island. This community of just over 11,000 is governed by the Town of Brookhaven and has a number of elected officials who serve their constituents. The town council members are elected to two-year terms and the mayor serves a four-year term. There are also many local boards and committees that serve the community, including a planning board, parks board, and Zoning Board of Appeals. There are also several civic organizations that are active in East Patchogue including the Lion's Club, East Patchogue Chamber of Commerce, Rotary International, and American Legion. These organizations help to improve the quality of life for residents by organizing events like community cleanups, holiday celebrations, and fundraisers for local charities.
The political climate in East Patchogue, 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
East Patchogue, 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.
East Patchogue, 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 East Patchogue, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,061 contributions totaling $168,368 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 458 contributions totaling $76,002 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)