Newington, CT is a small suburban city located in Hartford County. It has a rich history and culture that many residents enjoy and appreciate. Politically speaking, the city's representative in the Connecticut House of Representatives is Michael Winkler. At the state level, Newington is represented by Sen. Matt Lesser in the Connecticut Senate and Rep.William Petit Jr., both Democrats representing Newington in the General Assembly. On a local level, Newington holds elections twice a year for Mayor and Town Council members. Currently, Roy Zartarian serves as Mayor while nine town council members from across various geographic districts serve on the council; seven of them are Democrats and two are Republicans. As such, Newington has been largely Democrat-controlled since 2000 when the majority party was first established on the town council.
The political climate in Newington, CT is somewhat liberal.
Hartford County, CT is strongly liberal. In Hartford County, CT 63.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hartford county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.1% to 35.4%.
Hartford county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Newington, CT is somewhat liberal.
Hartford County, Connecticut is strongly 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.
Newington, 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 Newington, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,255 contributions totaling $88,999 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 144 contributions totaling $15,332 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)