New Milford, CT is a town located in Litchfield County. The politics of the town are largely concerned with local municipal issues. Currently, New Milford is governed by a Board of Selectman consisting of five members who are elected to two-year terms. This group is responsible for overseeing the various departments in the town and making decisions on policy initiatives from budgeting to infrastructure. Additionally, New Milford holds elections for mayor, town clerk, treasurer, sheriff, tax collector and Board of Education members every two years. Overall, New Milford has a strong sense of community involvement when it comes to politics and works hard to ensure that all voices are heard throughout the decision making process.
The political climate in New Milford, CT is leaning conservative.
Litchfield County, CT is leaning conservative. In Litchfield County, CT 46.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Litchfield county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 46.6%.
Litchfield county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Milford, CT is leaning conservative.
Litchfield County, Connecticut is leaning conservative.
Torrington Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
New Milford, Connecticut: d r d r R r
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 New Milford, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,308 contributions totaling $841,975 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 706 contributions totaling $100,970 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)