Presidential Election Districts

Newsday published an excellent map of the election districts. 

ED 101 (diner and near Cedar Creek) 67.6% Trump.

ED 102 (near Seaford post office) 64.7% Trump.

Ed 103 (Paddock Road and equine streets) 69.97% Trump.

ED 104 (surrounding St. William) 68% Trump.

ED 105 (fire house, Waverly Ave. and south to Merrick Rd) 60% Trump.

Presidential elections in Seaford, 2020

The Newsday website of 12.13.2020 has an interactive map for the Election District results in Nassau and Suffolk counties. The map and the numbers may disappear from the website soon as news replaces old news. 

In a nutshell, Donald Trump won all the Election Districts of Seaford. Along Sunrise Highway, he won the districts from the closed Olive Garden in Massapequa to Newbridge Road. Along Wantagh Avenue, Trump won from the bay north almost to Hicksville. The vote was around 65% for Trump to Biden's 35% in many Election Districts. Nowhere in Seaford did he cross 70%. Nowhere in Seaford did Biden cross 40%.

School budget vote by mail only

Please see this executive order by Governor Andrew Cuomo: HERE..

Throughout New York state, the date for the school budget and trustee seats is June 9, 2020. However, all votes will be by mail, and the school districts will send out absentee ballots. Other districts have announced these plans on their websites, but Seaford has not yet done so. I presume the library vote will be heldon the same day.

Seaford election results

The election results in Seaford in 2018 generally followed the pattern of 2016, when Mr. Trump received about 65% of the vote in each of the election districts.
This year, there was a serious contest for the New York State Senate, in particular the seat of incumbent Seaford resident John Brooks. During October, many lawns in Seaford carried placards for Pete King (who won) and Jeff Pravato (who lost to John Brooks). Newsday briefly uploads to its website a detailed count of each election district in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, a useful tool which unfortunately disappears from the web within a few days. Therefore, I will try to give some Seaford numbers on this blog.
In that race for the 8th New York Senatorial District, Brooks received 38% in his own neighborhood around Maple Street, and Pravato 62%. Prevato's strongest districts were near the Massapequa Village Hall and south of Merrick Road in Massapequa. He won all of Seaford's election districts. The citizens of  Copiague, Amityville, Freeport, and much of Merrick, mainly away from the waterfront, chose John Brooks, who won the seat with 54% of the district.
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Governor Cuomo received 59% of the votes in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. His lowest count nearby was 109 votes in Biltmore Shores, Massapequa, against 401 votes for Marc Molinaro. Cuomo won no election district in Seaford.
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Kirsten Gillibrand received 67% of the Nassau-Suffolk votes, but lost Seaford with 37%.

Presidential voting in Seaford, 2016

This afternoon, 11.9.2016, Newsday's website has an interactive map giving many of the voting tallies, election district by election district.  That is, you can zoom in on an ED, click, and get the raw vote and the percentages.  In this post, I will cover only the presidential race.
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All of Seaford went for Trump, most Election Districts with about 65% of the votes for him. The highest percent I could find on the map for Seaford was 72.4% on either side of South Seaman's Neck Road (AD 14, ED 107), south of the canal, Venetta Lagoon, that is, south of Niami Street.
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Where were the nearest Election Districts that voted for Mrs. Clinton? To the west, Merrick. To the east near County Line Road.  To the north, Hillary's 50% topped Donald in ED 39 east of Holiday Park Drive, Wantagh.

Down-ballot in Seaford on November 8th

Usually at this time of the year, the League of Women Voters of Nassau County distributes on newsprint a voters' guide showing the ballot on election day.  For some reason, I have not seen a copy of it, nor is it available on the LWV website.  Below will be an attempt to list the options "down-ballot," particularly the choices that may suddenly present themselves when we enter the firehouse or other polling place on General Election Day.
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Judging from yard signs, there seems to be a contest for a Judge of the Family Court, involving Eileen Daly-Sapraicone , incumbent Judge Conrad Singer, and six others.  Apparently, voters are asked to choose four of the eight. A list appears far down on this page of Ballotpedia. Scroll down to Nassau Family Court for the list of eight contestants.
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On the same link, look to the next group, Nassau District Court. There are two incumbents and two not yet on that court. Voters are asked to choose two of the four.  An explanation of what District Court does is given on this page.
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For the 14th Assembly District, incumbent David McDonough's opponent is Mike Reid.
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For the 8th State Senate District, it is incumbent Michael Venditto (who makes superfluous, annoying robot telephone calls at taxpayer expense) vs. challenger John Brooks.
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For the United States House of Representatives, incumbent Peter King has DuWayne Gregory as opponent.
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For the United States Senate, Charles Schumer is opposed by Wendy Long.
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Fortunately, Google's Blogger or Blogpost allows editing, so I will add more information as I find it.  The gaps are in minor party candidates or the judgeship races.
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There seems to be no referendum on the ballot. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Presidential election results in Seaford, 2012

Newsday's website published an excellent map of the 2012 presidential results in Nassau and Suffolk counties.  The following analysis of the election districts in Seaford is based on the unofficial totals on that map.  Generally speaking, I used the boundaries of the Seaford post office to decide which ED's were in Seaford. An extra street or two in Wantagh was included, and I omitted the irregularly-shaped wedge of the Seaford post office district north of the Southern State Parkway because that ED included a larger section of Island Trees.  The first column shows the ED number and a hint of its location.  The second column shows the number of votes for Barack Obama, the third column for Mitt Romney.

	Obama	Romney
107 near Seamans Neck Pk	217	445
103 Paddock, Stirrup	163	306
104 Wilbourne, Hickory, Brook La	183	338
105 Our Savior, Pathmark, Librar	154	232
102 Hilaire Way	129	230
101 Maple Ave, Roanoke	161	333
100 Pine, Spruce South of Merrick	213	412
106 Narragansett Ave	72	116
99 Larch, Austin, Spruce	79	112
30 Hudson Ave	234	440
29 east of Washington Ave	162	310
31 near Seaford HS	183	311
32 Roth Road incl. P. King	244	408
25 Arthur Ave	177	232
23 Crestline Place, Daleview Ave	162	229
24 Bernice Rd, Day St	151	221

The total votes cast in Seaford were 7,359.  I have not found the number of eligible voters residing in Seaford, but the resident figure seems to be about 15,200.
Mitt Romney won about 63.5% of the Seaford vote.  Utah, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and Idaho gave him higher percents.
Barack Obama won about 36.4% of the Seaford vote.

Election Day in Seaford

A few hours before the Election Day voting was scheduled to begin, I checked Newsday's list of changed polling places.  The only change in Seaford is quite inconvenient: from 1100 Crestline Place (the BOCES Seaman Neck School) to St. James church at 80 Hicksville Road, more than two miles north. Both locations have Seaford post office addresses, but the Crestline Place address is near North Wantagh Park and is inside the Levittown school district. St. James church is the northernmost tip of the delivery zone of the Seaford post office.  The extraordinary mileage of this move made me question the report, but the move is also reported on the website of the Nassau County Board of Elections.  To magnify the fine print on that website, one can hold down Control and hit the Plus key.
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At the Seaford Harbor School, auxiliary generators supplied power for a string of lights over the tables and voting booths and for the scanners.  About 11 a.m., many were voting here.  The students, it seems, were attending class at the other elementary school, Seaford Manor.  Trucks from the Town of Hempstead were removing roadside debris, carpets and furniture from homes and businesses near the canals.  Several homes had large dumpsters in the driveways.
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I think most of Seaford is in the 14th Assembly District.  Three election districts of this A.D. vote at the Seaford Fire House.  A friend told me that the line was long at 6:10 a.m.  When I voted about 9:45 a.m., I was the 114th or 115th person in my E.D., which I think counts about 800 registered voters.  The turnout of eligible voters interests me.  In 2008, New York State had a turnout of about 58% of eligible voters, while the national turnout was about 62%.

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Also about  1 p.m. today, 44 cars were lined northbound on Seamans Neck Road for $4.09 gasoline at Citgo, and 34 were lined on Jackson Avenue for $4.49 gasoline at BP.  County police have been present at gas station lines.  The shortage is one effect of hurricane Sandy, as tankers could not enter the harbor.

Election Results, November 2011

Yesterday, the residents of Seaford were asked to vote for ten State Supreme Court judges, a county judge, a district court judge, one county legislator, and several Town of Hempstead officials.
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However, I should mention the numbering of Election Districts.  When one visits the Results section of the Nassau County Board of Elections, the Election District is specified with a six-digit number.  The first number, 2, may represent the Town.  The second and third digits represent the Assembly District.  The fourth, fifth, and sixth digits represent the Election District.  For example, Election District 26 (north of the Seaford Avenue school) is within the 19th Assembly District (Assemblyman McDonough), and the Town of Hempstead.  Hence, it is numbered 219026.
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Incumbants (except for judges) won reelection:  County Legislator Dennis Dunne, Town Councilwoman Angie Cullin, Town Receiver of Taxes Donald Xavier Clavin, Town Supervisor Kate Murray, Town Clerk Mark Bonilla.
As for the judges on the ballot, it seems that the ten candidates who won the most votes for the ten State Supreme Court judgeships (with 14-year terms) were all the Republican candidates.  The ten-year seat on the Nassau County Court went to Angelo Delligatti, Republican.  For the Second District Court (vote for 3 judges, each for a six-year term), the three incumbents won (Bjorneby, Knobel, Paradiso).

Election Day, 2011

Having just voted, this is my recollection of the ballot in Seaford, New York, 11.8.2011:
Fourteen columns of judges to be elected.  "Vote for any ten."  One county legislator.  Supervisor of the Town of Hempstead.  Town clerk.  Member of the Town Council.  Receiver of Taxes.  Total:19 columns, but 15 votes maximum.
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Apparently, if one casts too many or too few votes, the scanner gives further instructions.  In the case of too few votes (as, for example, not voting for ten judges), after the warning, you may still cast the ballot.  The machine will swallow the paper ballot and declare your vote counted.

Election Day, 11.2.2010. Cuomo vs. Paladino Results

This year, the election coverage has facilitated some analysis of votes cast in Seaford, as Newsday.com gave the results of the governor's race on a map which displayed the election districts and the unofficial totals for each ED. As the boundaries of the various entities of Seaford are not always contiguous, even the following description is open to argument. For example, the east border of the Seaford zip code 11783 includes part of the Town of Oyster Bay north of Ontario Avenue. What follows is an attempt to describe the November, 2010, gubernatorial election results in Seaford.
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Beginning at the bay and moving north to Merrick Road, from about Cedar Street to Seaman's Creek, there are four ED's, which Paladino took 993-873.
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Between Merrick Road and Sunrise Highway from about Oakland Avenue to Tackapausa are four ED's, which Paladino took 659-558.
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Between Sunrise Highway and Jerusalem Avenue from NY 135 to the town line are four ED's, which chose Andrew Cuomo 830-786.
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North of Jerusalem Avenue towards where Seaman's Neck Road leaves the Town of Hempstead are five ED's, which chose Andrew Cuomo 841-734. The Seaford Post Office continues a short distance beyond that northern point. The school district north of Jerusalem Avenue is Levittown UFSD 5. South of Jerusalem Avenue, the district is Seaford UFSD 6.
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In the areas I have included as Seaford, Paladino beat Andrew Cuomo by 71 votes. Other candidates received 208. Total votes cast were 6,482. In my ED, the percentage of registered voters who actually cast votes was about 43%, a rate similar to that of Nassau County.
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Thanks for voting! Thanks to the courteous and competent staff that ran the polls!



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Election Day, November 3

I was glad to see copies of a 2009 Voters Guide (published by the League of Woman Voters) available at the library.
On November 3, we will be offered a Yes/No vote on two amendments to the state constitution:
1) An amendment concerning six acres of forest preserve in St. Lawrence County.
2) An amendment to allow prisoners to voluntarily perform work for nonprofit organizations.
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In Seaford, we were allowed to vote candidates for these offices:
3) The county Executive. Recount.
4) The county Comptroller. George Maragos won.
5) The county District Attorney. Kathleen Rice won.
5a) The county clerk. Maureen O'Connell won.
6) A county legislator. Dennis Dunne won.
7) One judge in the county court. Meryl Berkowitz won.
8) One judge in the 2nd District court . Terence Murphy won.
9) The supervisor of the Town of Hempstead. Kate Murray won.
10) The town clerk. Mark Bonilla won.
11) Six of ten candidates on the (regional) State Supreme Court.