Cold Spring, NY is a small village located in Putnam County, New York. It has a tight-knit community and is home to a number of historic sites. As part of this close-knit community, Cold Spring is also involved in local politics. The village elects trustees and a mayor every two years in the November general election. The mayor and trustee positions are held by individuals who are dedicated to making Cold Spring an even better place to live. They are responsible for keeping the local government running smoothly and making important decisions about the future of the village. Additionally, they work closely with other local governments to ensure that everyone’s needs are being met in the best way possible. All of these efforts come together to ensure that Cold Spring remains a great place to live for its many residents.
The political climate in Cold Spring, NY is leaning conservative.
Putnam County, NY is leaning conservative. In Putnam County, NY 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Putnam county remained moderately Republican, 53.1% to 45.3%.
Putnam county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cold Spring, NY is leaning conservative.
Putnam County, New York is leaning conservative.
New York-Newark-Jersey City Metro Area is strongly liberal.
New York is moderately liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Cold Spring, New York: r R r R R r
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Cold Spring, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,446 contributions totaling $468,601 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $23,266 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $280 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)