Southeast, NY is a small town located in the Hudson Valley region of New York State. The town is heavily influenced by local politics and has many active residents who are engaged in civic participation. Local government officials work to ensure that the needs of residents and businesses are met with effective policies and initiatives. Elections for local positions draw high voter turnout each year as citizens take part in the democratic process. A Town Board consisting of five members makes decisions on behalf of the community, while committees focus on specific areas such as zoning, budgeting, public works, and human services. Southeast also has a vibrant sense of community pride that can be seen through initiatives like neighborhood clean-up days, art festivals, and other events that bring people together.
The political climate in Southeast, 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
Southeast, 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.
Southeast, 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 Southeast, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,991 contributions totaling $677,249 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 990 contributions totaling $148,553 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)