Chaplin, Connecticut is a small town located in Windham County. The town is ruled by a three-member Board of Selectmen, who are responsible for setting policy and allocating resources within the community. Additionally, members of the Chaplin Board of Education serve to manage the daily operations of the local schools, working to ensure children receive an excellent education. Chaplin is also part of the larger state government, and people from Chaplin can participate in elections to select their representatives at state and national levels. Politics in Chaplin are thus closely related to both local and state affairs; residents take part in decision-making processes that have a direct bearing on their lives as well as those of their neighbors.
The political climate in Chaplin, 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
Chaplin, 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.
Chaplin, 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 Chaplin, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,574 contributions totaling $72,931 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $9,408 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)