Mahopac, NY is located in Putnam County and is part of the New York State government’s 10th District. The area is represented in the United States Congress by Antonio Delgado. Mahopac also has several local political offices that are held by a mix of Democrats and Republicans, representing the diverse viewpoints of constituents. These officials include representatives for the New York State Assembly, Putnam County Legislature, Town Supervisor, Town Board Members, and Town Justice. Elections for these positions take place every two years. Issues affecting Mahopac include protecting open land from development, improving public transportation, and strengthening public safety initiatives. Local leaders strive to find solutions to these issues with a focus on creating positive change that will benefit everyone who lives in the town.
The political climate in Mahopac, 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
Mahopac, 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.
Mahopac, 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 Mahopac, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,483 contributions totaling $137,076 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 149 contributions totaling $54,076 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $363 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)