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

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

Williston Park leans slightly Republican by roughly 14 points: about 43% of voters vote Democratic and 57% Republican.

 

About 79% of adults in Williston Park typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Williston Park, ~34% vote Democratic, ~45% Republican, and ~21% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Williston Park compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Williston Park leans more Republican than 188 of 247 neighbors.

Williston Park runs about 27 points more Republican than New York as a whole. New York leans Democratic overall, while Williston Park is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Williston Park. The southeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+19) and the north side is the least Republican-leaning (R+8), a spread of about 11 points.

Why Williston 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 Williston Park, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Williston 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 82% of households in Williston Park are family households, above 93% of cities. Williston Park runs against the grain of New York, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.

Population density and Democratic lean

Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Williston Park, NY sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Williston Park looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Williston 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 71%, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 60%. 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.