Lyme, CT is a small town nestled in the New England countryside. The town has always been politically active, with local elections drawing large numbers of voters each year. Issues such as education, public safety, economic development and environmental protection are important to locals and the candidates running for office in Lyme ensure that they address these topics during their campaigns. Residents take pride in their town's sense of community and work together to ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to local politics. Lyme takes its civic participation seriously and is dedicated to making sure that its citizens' needs are met by the elected officials who represent them.
The political climate in Lyme, 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
Lyme, 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.
Lyme, 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 Lyme, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,521 contributions totaling $1,001,810 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $397 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 218 contributions totaling $180,629 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $829 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)