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FIRE ISLAND · NOV 3, 2026 · PRECINCT BY PRECINCT

How Did Fire Island Vote?

Suffolk County swung 17 points toward Hochul. The sandbar barely moved — because it was already deep blue. But walk east from Ocean Beach to Cherry Grove and the same island splits from 2-to-1 to 10-to-1.

71.5%Hochul on the barrier island (236–94)
330Governor votes cast in the 2 pure Fire Island precincts
50.4%Hochul in the rest of Suffolk (coin flip)
+3.4 ptsFire Island shift toward Hochul vs 2022 (county: +17.5)
Hochul 23694 Blakeman

The island, west to east

Tap a precinct. Fire Island is split into two pure barrier-island Election Districts (one in each town) plus one district that mixes the eastern beach with a slice of mainland Patchogue (hatched).

KismetSaltaireOcean BeachPoint O’WoodsCherry GroveThe PinesWater IslandDavis ParkSmith Point →GREAT SOUTH BAYATLANTIC OCEANmainland Suffolk ↑
Tap or hover a precinct on the map.
Hochul +40 or moreHochul +15–40Split barrier + mainland (Blakeman won)

Same sandbar, very different votes

Every race on the ballot, precinct by precinct. Blue = Democratic candidate (Dem + WFP lines combined). Red = Republican candidate (Rep + Conservative + other lines combined).

Islip ED 8Town of Islip side

Kismet · Saltaire · Fair Harbor · Dunewood · Ocean Beach · Seaview · Ocean Bay Park · Point O’Woods

Hochul 65.7% · 254 votes · 2022→2026 swing +2.9 pts D
Governor
Hochul 16787 Blakeman
Congress (NY-2)
Halpin 16983 Garbarino
State Senate (SD-8)
Taveras 16589 Gandolfo
Assembly (AD-7)
Kopp 16489 Lentz-Kuhn
Attorney General
James 15791 Komatireddy
State Comptroller
DiNapoli 17875 Hernandez

2022 Governor here: Hochul 283, Zeldin 157

Brookhaven ED 57Town of Brookhaven side

Cherry Grove · Fire Island Pines · Water Island

Hochul 90.8% · 76 votes · 2022→2026 swing +8.2 pts D
Governor
Hochul 697 Blakeman
Congress (NY-2)
Halpin 678 Garbarino
State Senate (SD-3)
Vargas-Ayala 677 Murray
Assembly (AD-7)
Kopp 687 Lentz-Kuhn
Attorney General
James 687 Komatireddy
State Comptroller
DiNapoli 696 Hernandez

2022 Governor here: Hochul 124, Zeldin 19

Brookhaven ED 14 (split)Barrier + mainland — not in headline

Davis Park · Watch Hill + a mainland slice of Patchogue

Hochul 38.7% · 530 votes · 2022→2026 swing +6.2 pts D
Governor
Hochul 205325 Blakeman
Congress (NY-2)
Halpin 183347 Garbarino
State Senate (SD-3)
Vargas-Ayala 186338 Murray
Assembly (AD-7)
Kopp 213311 Lentz-Kuhn
Attorney General
James 199323 Komatireddy
State Comptroller
DiNapoli 241281 Hernandez

2022 Governor here: Hochul 206, Zeldin 373

The shock: Cherry Grove & the Pines gave Hochul 90.8% — Blakeman got 7 votes there. A few miles west, the Ocean Beach–Saltaire–Point O’Woods precinct gave Blakeman 87. Even down-ballot, Senate and Assembly Democrats ran nearly as strong as Hochul on the island.

Fire Island vs. the rest of Suffolk

Fire Island 2026
Hochul 71.5%Blakeman
Fire Island 2022
Hochul 69.8%Zeldin
Rest of Suffolk 2026
Hochul 50.4%Blakeman 49.6%
All Suffolk 2022
Hochul 41.6%Zeldin 58.4%

Off-season turnout is tiny: 330 governor votes on the barrier island in 2026 vs. 583 in 2022 — most summer residents vote at their primary homes in NYC or elsewhere.

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Sources & method. 2026: Suffolk County Board of Elections via Enhanced Voting public results, unofficial, as of 12:24 AM ET, Nov 4, 2026; governor 1,067 of 1,070 Suffolk EDs reporting; absentee/affidavit ballots may still change small counts. Candidate totals include every party line (Hochul = Dem + WFP; Blakeman = Rep + Con + other lines). 2022: Ben Rosenblatt / OpenElections ED-level file, verified to Suffolk BOE county totals. Precincts matched to geography using Suffolk County GIS Election District polygons and census-land ED shapes: Islip ED 8 and Brookhaven ED 57 contain only barrier-island land; Brookhaven ED 14 combines the eastern barrier beach (Davis Park, Watch Hill) with part of mainland Patchogue, so it is shown separately and left out of the headline; Brookhaven ED 204’s voters live on the mainland (Mastic Beach area) — its Smith Point beach strip has no residents — so it is excluded. Map & analysis: Rae Arora · Who Runs NY.