Hampton Bays, NY is a town on the east end of Long Island. The Town of Southampton administers the town, and its government consists of a Town Supervisor, four Town Council Members and a Town Clerk. Elections for these positions are held every two years, with each elected official serving a four-year term. Currently, there are three Republican candidates running for Town Supervisor: Frank Zappone, Thomas Schiavoni and Joseph Laria. Each candidate has their own platform outlining their vision for the future of Hampton Bays. There are also two candidates running for Town Council Member: Sandra Schroeder and Jim Conklin. Residents of Hampton Bays are encouraged to participate in local politics in order to ensure that the town鈥檚 best interests are represented in decision-making processes at the municipal level. Through researching each candidate's platform and attending events in support of those seeking office, citizens can become educated about their options when it comes to voting during elections.
The political climate in Hampton Bays, 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
Hampton Bays, 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.
Hampton Bays, 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 Hampton Bays, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,029 contributions totaling $279,153 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 361 contributions totaling $107,868 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $299 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)