Gales Ferry, Connecticut is a small village located in the southeastern corner of the state. It is a quiet and picturesque community, with a population of around 4,000 people. The town has a mayor-council form of government, which consists of seven members that make up the Town Council. They are responsible for setting policy and managing the town's budget. Along with this body, Gales Ferry has its own board of education that works to ensure quality programming in local schools. There are several different political parties represented in Gales Ferry, including Democrats, Republicans, and Independents. Although there are differences between them in some areas, they come together as one voice to meet the needs of their constituents. All candidates running for office in Gales Ferry must be residents of the town and abide by local rules and regulations set forth by the Town Council and Board of Education.
The political climate in Gales Ferry, CT is leaning 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
Gales Ferry, CT is leaning 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.
Gales Ferry, 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 Gales Ferry, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 163 contributions totaling $14,641 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $7,927 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)