Farmington, CT is a small town with a rich history. The politics of the town are largely influenced by the local residents, who strive to maintain the town’s quality of life and keep it safe for its inhabitants. The Town Council serves as the governing body in Farmington and is composed of seven elected members who serve two-year terms. The council works with town management and department heads to create policy that holds up the values of the community. Residents are actively involved in political discussions and have plenty of opportunities to voice their opinions on issues that pertain to local matters. Every year, citizens participate in elections where they can choose candidates who share their views on how to move Farmington forward.
The political climate in Farmington, CT is somewhat liberal.
Hartford County, CT is strongly liberal. In Hartford County, CT 63.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hartford county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.1% to 35.4%.
Hartford county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Farmington, CT is somewhat liberal.
Hartford County, Connecticut is strongly liberal.
Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown Metro Area is strongly 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.
Farmington, 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 Farmington, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,619 contributions totaling $1,743,448 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,803 contributions totaling $700,732 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $389 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)