Putnam Lake, Patterson, NY Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Putnam Lake

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

Putnam Lake leans Republican by roughly 18 points: about 41% of voters vote Democratic and 59% Republican.

 

About 73% of adults in Putnam Lake typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Putnam Lake, ~30% vote Democratic, ~43% Republican, and ~27% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Putnam Lake compares

Putnam Lake runs about 31 points more Republican than New York as a whole. New York leans Democratic overall, while Putnam Lake is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.

Why Putnam Lake leans the way it does

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

Rural areas vote Republican, and Putnam Lake sits in the bottom quarter on developed land relative to similar places. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 80% of households in Putnam Lake are family households, above 85% of neighborhoods. Putnam Lake runs against the grain of New York, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.

Walkability and Republican lean

Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Putnam Lake, Patterson, NY sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.

Why turnout in Putnam Lake looks the way it does

Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 97% of households in Putnam Lake own their home, about 21 points above the New York average of 76%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.