Putnam County, NY is located in the Lower Hudson Valley region of New York and is part of the New York metropolitan area. The county is home to many townships, villages, and hamlets that all have their own distinct local governments. These governments are led by elected officials who serve on various boards, such as town or village boards. There are also elected representatives that make up the County Legislature for Putnam County. Aside from local government boards, there are also state-level political parties and candidates that run for office in Putnam County. These candidates participate in debates, hold public meetings, and reach out to voters throughout the county. They strive to create policies that will benefit the people of Putnam County and ensure they have a representative voice in Albany. Regardless of party affiliation, Putnam residents can get involved in the political process and help shape the future of their community.
The political climate in 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
Putnam County, NY 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.
Putnam, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Putnam County, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,880 contributions totaling $2,551,880 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $215 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 998 contributions totaling $235,367 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)