East Williston, NY Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in East Williston

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

East Williston leans Republican by roughly 22 points: about 39% of voters vote Democratic and 61% Republican.

 

About 93% of adults in East Williston typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in East Williston, ~36% vote Democratic, ~57% Republican, and ~7% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How East Williston compares

Among cities within 25 miles, East Williston leans more Republican than 216 of 245 neighbors.

East Williston runs about 34 points more Republican than New York as a whole. New York leans Democratic overall, while East Williston is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.

Why East Williston leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for East Williston, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

East Williston votes Republican even though it is densely developed (more than 99%, far above the New York average of 36%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 90% of households in East Williston are family households, in the top fraction of cities. East Williston runs against the grain of New York, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; East Williston, NY sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in East Williston looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. East Williston is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 77%, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 98% of households in East Williston own their home, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in East Williston have completed high school, above 84% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from New York State Board of Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.

Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.

Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.