Carmel, NY is an area of New York located in Putnam County. While the exact population of Carmel is unknown, it is a small and vibrant community with plenty of political activity. Currently, there are four elected officials representing 10512 Carmel, NY: Senator Sue Serino represents the 40th district in the New York State Senate; Assemblyman Kevin Byrne represents the 94th district in the New York State Assembly; Don Smith represents Putnam County in the New York State Senate; and Joseph Castellano serves as supervisor for Putnam County. In addition to these four representatives, there are numerous local politicians and organizations working hard to make sure that Carmel’s voice is heard on issues such as education, healthcare, and infrastructure. The community of 10512 Carmel actively participates in local politics and advocacy initiatives to ensure their concerns are addressed by local lawmakers.
The political climate in Zip 10512 (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
Zip 10512 (Carmel, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Carmel, New York 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.
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 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 10512 (Carmel)
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)