Floral Park leans slightly Republican by roughly 8 points: about 46% of voters vote Democratic and 54% Republican.
About 74% of adults in Floral Park typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Floral Park, ~34% vote Democratic, ~40% Republican, and ~26% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Floral Park compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Floral Park leans more Republican than 160 of 250 neighbors.
Floral Park runs about 20 points more Republican than New York as a whole. New York leans Democratic overall, while Floral Park is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Floral Park. The southwest side runs the most Democratic (D+8) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (R+15), a spread of about 23 points.
Why Floral Park 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 Floral Park, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Floral Park 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 80% of households in Floral Park are family households, above 90% of cities. Floral Park runs against the grain of New York, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Floral Park, NY sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Floral Park looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Floral Park 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 73%, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Bellerose, NY R+10
- South Floral Park, NY D+53
- Stewart Manor, NY R+16
- Elmont, NY D+43
- North New Hyde Park, NY R+12
- New Hyde Park, NY R+8
- Franklin Square, NY R+30
- Queens Village, NY D+77
- Garden City Park, NY Even
Cities with Similar Populations
- Cleveland, GA R+59
- Arcata, CA D+52
- Camden, SC R+18
- East Liverpool, OH R+40
- West Richland, WA R+30
- Merrimack, NH D+5
- Lexington Park, MD D+21
- Gloversville, NY R+22
- Lealman, FL R+4
- West Pensacola, FL D+19
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.