The Torrington, CT Metro Area is a vibrant and diverse community with a rich political history. As the county seat of Litchfield County, Torrington is home to many local political offices. The city is represented by both Republican and Democratic elected officials, including United States Senator Chris Murphy and State Representative Dave Wilson. Locally, there are several posts such as mayor, board of education members, selectmen, town council members, and fire district commissioners that are held by both Republicans and Democrats alike. Many of these posts are filled through elections that occur every two years. Voters have the opportunity to make their voices heard in these elections by voting for their preferred candidates. Additionally, there are various initiatives taking place throughout the year that help inform residents about local politics and how to become involved in it. Overall, political participation is an important part of life in Torrington's Metro Area and its citizens take great pride in knowing they have an active role in shaping their city's future.
The political climate in Torrington Metro Area is leaning conservative.
In Torrington Metro Area 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, the Torrington metro area remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 46.6%.
The Torrington metro area voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Torrington, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Torrington Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27,159 contributions totaling $6,345,203 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,258 contributions totaling $700,780 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $310 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)