The politics in the 10509 Brewster, NY area are representative of many municipalities across the state. The small community is served by a variety of elected officials at the local, state, and federal levels. These include representatives from both major political parties in the areas of Congress, Assembly, County Legislature and Town Council. Local candidates for these positions are selected through primary elections that often occur during municipal elections. In addition to their official roles, these elected leaders remain active in the community by engaging with constituents through public meetings and events. It is through their efforts that 10509 Brewster can continue to have a thriving political landscape where residents have access to services and support they need.
The political climate in Zip 10509 (Brewster, 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
Zip 10509 (Brewster, NY) is leaning conservative.
Brewster, New York 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.
Brewster, 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 zip 10509 (Brewster)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,514 contributions totaling $147,157 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 180 contributions totaling $28,436 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)