Lebanon, Connecticut is a small town located in New London County, with an estimated population of 7,000 people. It is home to a diverse mix of individuals from various backgrounds and cultures, and people have long lived together peacefully in the town. Politically, Lebanon has traditionally been represented by candidates who are strong advocates for their local community. For example, in the 2020 election cycle, both major party candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut’s 2nd congressional district hailed from Lebanon. Both candidates were committed to representing their local constituents in Washington D.C., and they focused their campaigns on issues vital to the town such as education, economic development, and improving public infrastructure. Local elections often focus on similar issues important to Lebanon’s citizens, and there are typically multiple qualified local candidates vying for office each year. Residents of Lebanon take pride in making sure their voices are heard by supporting politicians who care about their community and strive to make it a better place to live.
The political climate in Lebanon, CT is leaning conservative.
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
Lebanon, CT is leaning conservative.
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.
Lebanon, 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 Lebanon, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 161 contributions totaling $8,288 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 114 contributions totaling $6,238 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)