Tariffville, CT is a small town in Hartford County with a population of approximately 3,000 people. In terms of politics, the town is governed by a Board of Selectmen and the town's legislative body is the Tariffville Town Meeting. The Town Meeting consists of five elected members and two appointed members who are all voted on by the residents of Tariffville every two years. These representatives make decisions on local issues such as taxes, roads, public safety, and other areas that affect the day-to-day lives of their constituents. Local political candidates also campaign for office during election years to serve and represent their community. The people of Tariffville take their civic responsibility seriously and make sure they are informed about the different candidates that are running for office in order to make an educated decision when voting. This ensures that those who are elected will act in the best interests of all citizens in Tariffville.
The political climate in Tariffville, 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
Tariffville, 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.
Tariffville, 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 Tariffville, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 312 contributions totaling $10,414 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $8,741 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $672 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)