Voters at the Mastic Beach Fire Department cast their ballot for the 2024 presidential election on Tuesday.Credit: John Roca ByCandice Ferrette and Vera Chinesecandice.ferrette@newsday.com,vera.chinese@newsday.comUpdated November 6, 2024 Suffolk County might be Trump country, as the lawn signs say, but these days Nassau isn’t too far behind On Long Island, Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Kamala Harris in the presidential election, according to unofficial results Trump on Wednesday was on track to flipping Nassau — which went for Democrats Joe Biden in 2020 and Hillary Clinton in 2016 — and, if his lead holds, he could be the first Republican presidential candidate to win the county since George H.W Bush in 1988, according to board of election officials Trump received 402,924 votes in Suffolk compared to 323,473 for Harris, or 55% to 44%, according to unofficial results from the Suffolk County Board of Elections That’s a sharp increase compared to 2020, when Trump won by 232 votes, and 2016, when he won by 46,619 WHAT NEWSDAY FOUNDDonald Trump won bothSuffolk and Nassau counties in the presidential election, marking a significant shift as Nassau had previously supported Democratic candidates in 2016 and 2020.Despite Trump’s success,Republican Rep Anthony D’Esposito lost the 4th Congressional District race in Nassau to Democrat Laura Gillen, highlighting the district’s challenging demographics for Republicans.High voter turnout inboth counties was influenced by economic concerns, with many voters prioritizing “pocketbook issues,” immigration and public safety, contributing to Trump’s strong performance In Nassau, he won 52% of the vote, or 355,276 votes, compared to Harris’ 47% percent, or 322,131 votes, according to unofficial tallies Write-in candidates received the last 1% of the total vote in both counties Get the latest political news stories, from local elections and legislation to reaction to national events By clicking Sign up, you agree to ourprivacy policy Of the combined 1.4 million ballots cast on Long Island, 112,596 more voters chose Trump over Harris Data combining the unofficial results of the presidential race with the most recent publicly available voter enrollment data shows Nassau and Suffolk had large turnout, with 68% and 67%, respectively There are a significant number of mail-in ballots to be counted by the counties’ Board of Elections by Nov 12 They are valid only if postmarked by Election Day Even as Nassau Republicans celebrated Trump’s numbers, county GOP Chairman Joseph Cairo on Wednesday said “on the other hand it’s bittersweet because we lost Anthony D’Esposito — tough race — of course we knew it going in We were playing in a game where the other side has 70,000 more enrollees.” His Democratic challenger Laura Gillen, an attorney from Rockville Centre and former Hempstead Town supervisor, led D’Esposito with 98% of the votes counted as of Wednesday in the 4th Congressional District race, which encompasses south and central Nassau As of Wednesday afternoon, D’Esposito hadn’t conceded, but Cairo said the numbers showed he had lost the race Gillen had 51% to D’Esposito’s 49%, leading by a slim margin of 6,148 votes Source: NewsDay.com All Zim News is a central hub for all things Zimbabwean, curating news from across the country so no story is missed Alongside aggregation, our team of nationwide reporters provides real-time, on-the-ground coverage Stay informed and connected — reach us at admin@allzimnews.com. Source: Newsday_Com
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