Putnam Station, NY Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Putnam Station

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

Putnam Station leans heavily Republican by roughly 36 points: about 32% of voters vote Democratic and 68% Republican.

 

About 84% of adults in Putnam Station typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Putnam Station, ~27% vote Democratic, ~57% Republican, and ~16% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Putnam Station compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Putnam Station leans more Republican than 72 of 81 neighbors.

Putnam Station runs about 48 points more Republican than New York as a whole. New York leans Democratic overall, while Putnam Station is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.

Why Putnam Station 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 Putnam Station, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 89% of residents in Putnam Station drive to work alone, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Putnam Station are family households, above 77% of cities. Putnam Station runs against the grain of New York, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Putnam Station, NY sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Putnam Station looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Putnam Station 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 64%, above 64% of cities. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 95% of households in Putnam Station own their home, about 20 points above the U.S. average of 75%. 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.