Lake Peekskill, NY Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Lake Peekskill

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Lake Peekskill leans slightly Republican by roughly 10 points: about 45% of voters vote Democratic and 55% Republican.

 

About 84% of adults in Lake Peekskill typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lake Peekskill, ~38% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~16% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Lake Peekskill compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Lake Peekskill leans more Republican than 121 of 177 neighbors.

Lake Peekskill runs about 22 points more Republican than New York as a whole. New York leans Democratic overall, while Lake Peekskill is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.

Why Lake Peekskill leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Lake Peekskill, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Lake Peekskill votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 62%, well above the New York average of 36%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Lake Peekskill are family households, above 87% of cities. Lake Peekskill runs against the grain of New York, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.

Population density and Democratic lean

Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Lake Peekskill, NY sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Lake Peekskill looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Lake Peekskill is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 69%, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from New York State Board of Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.

Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.

Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.