Wallingford, Connecticut is a historic town located in New Haven County. While it has a long-standing history of being politically active, more recently its citizens have become increasingly engaged in local politics. In recent years Wallingford has seen an increase in voter turnout and engagement from residents of all ages. The town council has responded by providing opportunities for all to get involved in the political process, such as forums where elected officials and candidates can explain their positions on various issues. Additionally, many of Wallingford’s elected officials hold regular “town hall” meetings where constituents can voice their concerns and ask questions directly to the mayor or other representatives. These meetings provide an open dialogue between voters and those that represent them at city hall. As citizens become more informed about the issues facing Wallingford, they are increasingly drawn to the polls on election day in order to cast their ballots for the candidate they believe will best serve their needs.
The political climate in Wallingford, CT is leaning 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
Wallingford, CT is leaning 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.
Wallingford, 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 Wallingford, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,120 contributions totaling $771,159 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 742 contributions totaling $154,659 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)