Southington, Connecticut is a thriving small town located in the heart of New England. It is known for its vibrant community life and rich history. Despite its size, Southington has a strong political culture with active citizens participating in local government decisions. The town elects a mayor and town council every two years to represent the interests of the people of Southington in strategic planning, budgeting, and service delivery. These elected officials make sure that all citizens have access to important public services such as police protection, firefighting, education, sanitation services, and more. Residents also have the opportunity to get involved by attending Town Council meetings or volunteering on various committees like the Boards of Education or Planning & Zoning. Additionally, Southington provides several opportunities for residents to stay informed about local government with news and information shared through the Town website and social media outlets. Overall, Southington maintains an active political climate with its citizens always ready to engage and support their local government representatives.
The political climate in Southington, 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
Southington, 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.
Southington, 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 Southington, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,801 contributions totaling $182,395 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 352 contributions totaling $61,904 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)