Insight into last year’s voting enrollment – The Suffolk County News

Nicole Fuentes

After filing a Freedom of Information request with the Suffolk County Board of Elections, enrollment numbers based on party lines in our area was found:

Numbers were rounded to the whole for clarity.

BROOKHAVEN TOWN

With over 334,000 registered voters, Brookhaven Town has a total of 106,767 Democratic voters and 106,838 Republican voters. It also has just over 7,000 conservatives, 1,400-plus working party, 41 green party, 14,000 independent and 20 and 2 libertarian and SAM voters.

ISLIP TOWN

With over 212,000 voters, Islip Town has just nearly 77,000 Democratic voters and 63,500 Republican voters. It also has 4,000 conservative, 770 working party, 300 green, 7,770 independent, 350 libertarian and 14 SAM.

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 1

Congressional District 1, which will see an open seat this year due to Rep. Lee Zeldins announcement in running for Governor, has a total of 164,500 Democratic voters to their 166,000 Republican voters, 11,350 conservative, and 21,900 independent voters.

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 2

Congressional District 2 has 130,450 Democratic voters, 96,950 Republican voters, 12,000 independent voters and 6,200 conservative voters.

SENATE DISTRICT 3

Senate District 3 has 69,900 Democratic voters, 57,250 Republican voters, 7,450 independent voters and 4,000 conservative voters.

SENATE DISTRICT 4

Senate District 4 has 75,000 Democratic voters, 64,250 Republican voters, 7,700 independent voters and 4,000 conservative voters.

ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 3

Assembly District 3 has 27,700 Democratic voters, 25,500 Republican voters, 3,450 independent voters and 1,850 conservative voters.

ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 7

Assembly District 7 has 27,300 Democratic voters, 34,000 Republican voters, 4,050 independent voters and 2,400 conservative voters.

LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 3

Legislative District 3 has 17,000 Democratic voters, 15,100 Republican voters, 2,100 independent voters and 1,100 conservative voters.

LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 7

Legislative District 7 has 17,700 Democratic voters, 15,100 Republican voters, 2,250 independent voters and 1,150 conservative voters.

LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 8

Legislative District 8 has 17,000 Democratic voters, 22,750 Republican voters, 2,600 independent voters and 1,450 conservative voters.

LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 10

Legislative District 10 has 17,300 Democratic voters, 19,990 Republican voters, 4,050 independent voters and 2,180 conservative voters.

LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 11

Legislative District 11 has 18,000 Democratic voters, 19,700 Republican voters, 2,300 independent voters and 1,150 conservative voters.

2021 November election assessment:

Suffolk County Republicans came out in full force, taking control of the Suffolk County Legislature, unseating the Democratic majority leader Rob Calarco and taking control of the 18-seat body.

Republican candidate Dominick Thorne unseated Suffolk County presiding officer Rob Calarco with 54 percent with 6,611 votes, to Calarcos 45 percent of the vote, 5,627 votes, for District 7. This would have been Calarcos final term as legislator after serving a total of 10 years in the seat.

Also, special election incumbent Republican James Mazzarella took the win for Suffolk Countys 3rd district against former Legis. Kate Browning with 66 percent of the vote and 7,525 votes to her 32 percent of the vote, and 3,708 votes.

Trish Bergin, a former councilwoman for Town of Islip, won in a wide margin against Carla Simpson in former legislator Tom Cilmis term-limited seat in the 10th Legislative District. Bergin had gained 7,260 votes, or 67.07 percent, compared to Fidelias 3,559, or 32.88 percent.

According to Suffolk County Board of Elections data, residents who just recently enrolled to vote include a total of 810 new Democratic voters and 166 new Republican voters in Brookhaven Town, and 121 new Democratic voters and 48 new Republican voters in Islip Town. Legislative District 7, which saw an upset, had a total of 31 new Democratic voters and 10 new Republican voters. The 3rd Legislative District saw an almost equal number of new voters at 24 and 17, respectively, and the 10th Legislative District had 25 and 19 new voters as well.

VOTER TURNOUT

Taking an overall look at some of the 2021 voting numbers, voter turnout was extremely low.

There were barely 11,000 voters in the 10th Legislative District compared to the over 56,500 registered votes. Legislative District 7 had over 12,000 voters with over 51,500 registered voters, and the 3rd Legislative District had over 11,000 votes with over 51,100 registered voters.

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