Higganum, CT is a small town located in Middlesex County. While the population of Higganum is not known, it is a tight knit community that is made up of engaged citizens who are passionate about their local politics. The town works hard to provide the best services and amenities possible to its residents, and they elect local political candidates on a regular basis to represent them in government decisions. Local elections are an important part of the political process in Higganum and every resident takes their civic duty seriously when it comes to voting for those who will best serve their interests. Candidates who are running for office must be prepared to address the issues that are most important to the people of Higganum and create policies that can help improve the quality of life for everyone living there.
The political climate in Higganum, CT is leaning liberal.
Middlesex County, CT is moderately liberal. In Middlesex County, CT 57.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Middlesex county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.3% to 41.0%.
Middlesex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Higganum, CT is leaning liberal.
Middlesex County, Connecticut is moderately 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.
Higganum, 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 Higganum, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,163 contributions totaling $50,837 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 81 contributions totaling $10,100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)