Berlin, Connecticut is a small town located in Hartford County with a population of approximately 20,000 people. Residents of Berlin have access to the local government and political representation through the town council. The town council consists of 11 members who are elected by residents living within the town limits. In addition to the town council, Berlin also has representation at the state level with two state senators and five representatives. These representatives serve on committees related to topics such as public safety, health, and education, advocating for issues that are important to their constituents. They also work together to create and pass laws that will benefit the community as a whole. Additionally, voters in Berlin have access to a range of local election opportunities throughout the year including mayoral races, school board elections, and referendum votes on various matters such as budgets and projects for improvement. All these aspects of politics come together to give Berlin citizens an active voice in their local government and represent their needs and interests at every level in order to improve their quality of life.
The political climate in Berlin, CT is somewhat liberal.
Hartford County, CT is strongly liberal. In Hartford County, CT 63.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hartford county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.1% to 35.4%.
Hartford county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Berlin, CT is somewhat liberal.
Hartford County, Connecticut is strongly liberal.
Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown Metro Area is strongly 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.
Berlin, 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 Berlin, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,858 contributions totaling $174,583 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 378 contributions totaling $60,457 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)