Lake Carmel, NY is a small town located in Putnam County. It is an unincorporated area with no elected government of its own. However, it is still part of the larger political landscape in Putnam County. This often includes local politicians running for county and state positions, such as county executive, county sheriff, state senator and assemblyperson. Residents of Lake Carmel participate in elections to ensure their voices are heard and their interests are represented by their elected representatives. The town is also part of larger statewide and nationwide political conversations through advocacy groups and local organizations that seek to influence policy on a variety of issues, such as environmental protection, healthcare access, tax reform and economic development.
The political climate in Lake Carmel, NY is somewhat 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
Lake Carmel, NY is somewhat 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.
Lake Carmel, 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 Lake Carmel, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,935 contributions totaling $88,621 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 270 contributions totaling $34,809 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)