Canterbury, CT is a small town located in Windham County with a population of about 5,000. The town is governed by a five-member Board of Selectmen and has a Town Supervisor to oversee the day-to-day operations. The town has its own police and fire departments as well as an emergency medical service. Voters in Canterbury go to the polls every two years to elect local political candidates for positions like selectmen, town supervisor, moderator, and members of the school board. While there are no major issues or initiatives that dominate the local political landscape, citizens of Canterbury are very engaged in their community and take an active role in local politics. As such, they regularly attend meetings and participate in discussions regarding the future of their beloved town.
The political climate in Canterbury, CT is somewhat conservative.
Windham County, CT is leaning conservative. In Windham County, CT 46.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Windham county remained Republican, 51.1% to 46.8%.
Windham county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Canterbury, CT is somewhat conservative.
Windham County, Connecticut is leaning conservative.
Worcester 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.
Canterbury, Connecticut: D d D D 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 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 Canterbury, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 128 contributions totaling $10,335 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $3,485 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)