Southbury, Connecticut is a small town located in New Haven County. It has a population of around 18,900 people and is known for its rural and peaceful atmosphere. Southbury has an active local government, with local officials who are responsible for making decisions that impact the community. The Board of Selectman serves as the governing body for the town and is composed of five elected members. They work to ensure that the citizens of Southbury have access to essential services such as schools, police protection, fire safety, public works management and recreation programs. Local political candidates in Southbury run to serve as selectmen and represent their constituents in these areas. These candidates work hard to make sure that everyone's needs are addressed within the community and that all residents feel supported by their local government.
The political climate in Southbury, CT is leaning 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
Southbury, CT is leaning 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.
Southbury, 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 Southbury, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,896 contributions totaling $328,848 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 534 contributions totaling $152,524 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)