Branford, Connecticut is a vibrant town located on Long Island Sound in New Haven County. It is home to approximately 28,000 people and has a strong sense of community and civic pride. The town’s local government has an elected mayor who works with the Town Council to set policy for the community. Branford also elects representatives to the state legislature and US Congress. The people of Branford are passionate about their politics and take part in voting in local, state, and national elections. They are involved in their local political organizations like the Democratic & Republican Town Committees which help advocate for changes within the town that benefit its citizens. The people of Branford are dedicated to making sure that their voices are heard when it comes to matters such as education, public safety, infrastructure and economic development.
The political climate in Branford, CT is somewhat liberal.
New Haven County, CT is moderately liberal. In New Haven County, CT 58.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, New Haven county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 40.6%.
New Haven county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Branford, CT is somewhat liberal.
New Haven County, Connecticut is moderately liberal.
New Haven-Milford Metro Area is moderately liberal.
Connecticut 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.
Branford, Connecticut: D D D D D D
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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Branford, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,524 contributions totaling $2,970,144 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 732 contributions totaling $10,421,636 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $14,237 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)