Norwalk, Connecticut is an active city in the political arena. Located on the southwestern coast of Connecticut, Norwalk is home to a wide array of elected officials, ranging from local town offices to state representatives. On the local level, Norwalk's Mayor Harry Rilling and members of the Town Council have led the city for years. They are responsible for making decisions that impact the daily lives of its citizens and visitors. At the state level, Senator Bob Duff and Representative Terrie Wood have worked diligently over their terms to represent Norwalk at Hartford's Capitol Building. There are also a number of other state house representatives who work to ensure that Norwalk's interests are well represented in the legislative process. Overall, no matter what level of government you look at, it's clear that politics play an important role in life in Norwalk.
The political climate in Norwalk, CT is moderately liberal.
Fairfield County, CT is strongly liberal. In Fairfield County, CT 62.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairfield county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.9% to 35.7%.
Fairfield county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Norwalk, CT is moderately liberal.
Fairfield County, Connecticut is strongly liberal.
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk 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.
Norwalk, 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 Norwalk, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27,137 contributions totaling $7,271,991 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $268 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,161 contributions totaling $6,621,673 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $3,064 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)