Griswold, Connecticut is a small town in the southeastern corner of the state. It is governed by a seven-member Board of Selectmen who are elected every two years. They are responsible for setting the town's budget, issuing licenses and permits, hiring department heads, and overseeing local government regulations. The Board also works with local businesses to ensure that they adhere to zoning laws and other applicable laws. In addition, they work closely with the police department to ensure public safety. The Board meets monthly to discuss issues facing the town and how best to address them. Griswold is home to several political organizations which are dedicated to protecting local interests and advocating for change on a variety of issues. These organizations work together with local elected officials to pass legislation that benefits all citizens of Griswold.
The political climate in Griswold, 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
Griswold, 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.
Griswold, 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 Griswold, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 784 contributions totaling $31,854 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 124 contributions totaling $116,012 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $936 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)