The town of Norwich, CT (zip code 06360) is located in New London County and is home to a population of approximately 40,000 people. It is the largest city in Connecticut outside of the Greater Hartford area. Norwich has a vibrant political culture and is home to many active candidates across different parties who are often elected to serve in local government. There have been a number of heated campaigns for various positions in recent years, ranging from mayor and town council seats, to members of the state assembly. The local residents take their civic duties seriously and are involved in the decision-making process. Town meetings usually attract a large crowd eager to have their voices heard on important issues facing the community. Overall, Norwich has an engaged citizenry that participates actively in debates around politics and policies that affect their lives.
The political climate in Zip 06360 (Norwich, CT) is somewhat liberal.
New London County, CT is somewhat liberal. In New London County, CT 56.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, New London county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.9% to 40.9%.
New London county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 06360 (Norwich, CT) is somewhat liberal.
Norwich, Connecticut is somewhat liberal.
New London County, Connecticut is somewhat liberal.
Norwich-New London Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Norwich, 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 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 06360 (Norwich)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,678 contributions totaling $111,205 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 276 contributions totaling $19,945 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)