10516 Cold Spring, NY is a small city in Putnam County located about 45 miles outside of New York City. The small city has a mayor-council form of government and is represented in the U.S. Congress by the 19th District’s Representative Antonio Delgado. Politically, the area leans slightly right, with Republicans currently holding three out of five seats on the City Council. Despite this majority, local politics are still largely based on progressive ideals and principles such as fiscal responsibility, open communication between elected officials and residents, and environmental sustainability. Community members often come together to discuss issues facing their city or state and find solutions to best meet the needs of those living in 10516 Cold Spring.
The political climate in Zip 10516 (Cold Spring, 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 10516 (Cold Spring, NY) is leaning conservative.
Cold Spring, 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.
Cold Spring, 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 10516 (Cold Spring)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,446 contributions totaling $468,601 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $23,266 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $280 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)