How Long Island voted: Interactive 2025 election maps

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How Long Island voted in 2025

No election postmortem is complete without a detailed look at the red and blue breakdown of the vote.

Newsday Opinion's data journalist Karthika Namboothiri mapped how Nassau County reelected Bruce Blakeman for a second term, and Nassau and Suffolk voters' choices in 37 county legislature races.

Find out how your neighborhood voted using these interactive maps.

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Final Point

Great Values for Thanksgiving

Groceries continue to be a talking point when it comes to affordability, especially as families start planning their Thanksgiving meals. Three big name stores, Amazon, Aldi and Walmart, are competing to make your holiday celebration as affordable as possible.

In a post Thursday on Truth Social, President Donald Trump boasted about the cost of Walmart's holiday meal deal going down. "2025 Thanksgiving dinner under Trump is 25% lower than 2024 Thanksgiving dinner under Biden, according to Walmart. My cost are lower than the Democrats on everything, especially oil and gas! So the Democrats 'affordability' issue is DEAD! STOP LYING!!!"

While it is cheaper than last year, the reason isn't because of his administration's economic policies. In 2024, the Walmart meal bundle deal featured 21 items, including brand-name goods and some from Walmart's store brand, Great Value.

This year, Walmart reduced the number of items to 15, removed the brand-name items, and replaced them with Great Value to keep costs down.

Walmart's 2025 Thanksgiving basket feeds 10 people for under $40, or less than $4 per person, according to the company. The deal includes a 13.5-pound Butterball turkey, stuffing, rolls, canned green beans, cranberry sauce, gravy and pie ingredients. One item that will be missed is the mini marshmallows, which decorate the sweet potato casserole.

Amazon and Aldi also are offering competing holiday meal packages as the cost of food remains key to affordability concerns.

Walmart's lower price tag may look like a political win to Trump, but the real issue is why retailers need to market more "affordable" meals.

— Christine Wallen christine.wallen@newsday.com

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