11780 St. James, NY is a small town located on the north shore of Long Island that has a strong sense of community and civic engagement. The local politics are governed by the Town Board of St. James and are made up of five members who serve staggered two-year terms. Each member is elected to represent their constituency in deciding issues regarding the town's parks, recreation areas, libraries, police and fire departments, zoning regulations, tax rates, budgeting allocations, and more. This Town Board works alongside other officials such as the Town Clerk, Superintendent of Highways and the Tax Assessor to ensure that the residents of 11780 St. James are provided for with quality services and resources. The town also elects representatives for higher offices such as Governor and Congressperson to represent them on a state-level or federal level respectively. Overall, residents are encouraged to be involved in their local political system by attending public meetings held by the Town Board or participating in events sponsored by different clubs or organizations.
The political climate in Zip 11780 (St. James, 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 11780 (St. James, NY) is leaning conservative.
St. James, 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.
St. James, 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 11780 (St. James)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,328 contributions totaling $312,378 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 409 contributions totaling $4,652,131 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $11,374 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)