Meriden, Connecticut is a small city located in New Haven County. Meriden was first settled in 1660 and has since grown to be home to around 60,000 residents. It is the second largest center of population in the county and is considered a central hub for businesses, services, and culture. Politics in Meriden are governed by a mayor-council system which consists of a seven-member City Council elected every two years. The current mayor of Meriden is Kevin Scarpati, who was elected in 2019. In addition to the Mayor's office, there are also seven Deputy Mayors who oversee various city departments such as public works, parks and recreation, public safety, education, human services, finance & accounting and economic development. Each Deputy Mayor serves under the direction of the mayor and helps to ensure that all the departments within Meriden provide their citizens with necessary services.
The political climate in Meriden, CT is somewhat liberal.
New Haven County, CT is moderately liberal. In New Haven County, CT 58.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, New Haven county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 40.6%.
New Haven county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Meriden, CT is somewhat liberal.
New Haven County, Connecticut is moderately liberal.
New Haven-Milford Metro Area is moderately 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.
Meriden, 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 Meriden, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,417 contributions totaling $119,033 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 237 contributions totaling $54,573 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)