Long Island News | Nassau & Suffolk (2024)

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Is Long Island mostly Republican? ›

Long Island, as a major region of New York State, has a significant impact on state and national politics. On the local level, the Republican Party is slightly more popular on Long Island.

The racial and ethnic breakdown of Long Island: White: 85.8% Suffolk County, 77.3% Nassau County (New York: 71.2%) Black: 8.2% Suffolk, 12.2% Nassau (New York: 17.5%)

Suffolk County experienced a fifth year of population loss in 2018, down 2,478 residents to 1,481,093, while Nassau continued to rise, up 679 to 1,358,343, according to the latest annual estimates from the Census Bureau.

On the other side of the ledger, however, we have the poorest towns on Long Island: Riverside, Northampton, Calverton, Greenport, Aquebogue, Moriches, Central Islip, and Mastic Beach. Some of these towns and villages are closely situated right next door to the richest.

Wyoming was the most Republican state, with 59% of residents identifying as Republican, and only 25% of residents identifying as Democrat.

Dwindling affordability and housing inaccessibility are two of the factors contributing to these declines, PODS data found.

Long Island City is one of the richest areas on Long Island. It has amazing homes that are ultra-luxurious. The average house value in some of the richest neighbourhoods on Long Island exceeds USD 7 million. It has more than 10 billionaires with an estimated net worth of more than USD 28 billion.

As a general rule, the cheapest place to live on Long Island is the South Shore in Suffolk County or the central part of the island, but there are some affordable hamlets in Nassau County.

The county, together with Suffolk County to its immediate east, are generally referred to as "Long Island". Two cities, three towns, 64 incorporated villages, and more than 60 unincorporated hamlets are located within the county. Nassau County is the wealthiest county in New York.

What is the smallest town on Long Island? ›

The Towns of Hempstead and Oyster Bay are the largest municipalities in Nassau County, covering 120 and 104 square miles of land, respectively. The City of Long Beach, encompassing only two square miles of land, is the smallest of the Nassau County municipalities, and also the smallest city on all of Long Island.

Republican voters, in the minority, are concentrated in more rural Upstate New York, particularly in the Adirondack Mountains, the Alleghany Mountains, Central New York, and in parts of the Hudson Valley, particularly in Putnam County, as well as Suffolk County on Eastern Long Island and Staten Island.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY are Asian (Non-Hispanic) (34.1%), White (Non-Hispanic) (28.9%), Two+ (Hispanic) (11.3%), White (Hispanic) (10.7%), and Other (Hispanic) (7.97%).

In the past, New York was considered a swing state, consistently backing the winning candidate in elections from 1792 to 1984, with only a few exceptions. However, since 1988, the state has consistently leaned towards the Democratic Party, often delivering them a significant majority of votes exceeding 60%.