Located in Putnam County, Peach Lake is a small town with a population of approximately 3,000 people. The politics of the town are largely focused on issues such as taxes, education and public safety. Residents are represented by members of the Board of Supervisors, who are elected to two-year terms in nonpartisan elections. The board is responsible for setting and maintaining the overall policy direction for the town. Additionally, there are several representatives who serve in the state legislature, representing Peach Lake at both local and state levels. Issues that affect Peach Lake's citizens include healthcare reform, environmental protection and education funding. Furthermore, since the town is located close to both Westchester County and New York City, transportation infrastructure has been a major point of discussion among those involved in local politics.
The political climate in Peach Lake, 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
Peach Lake, 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.
Peach Lake, 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 Peach Lake, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,905 contributions totaling $463,427 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 480 contributions totaling $121,030 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)