Ansonia, Connecticut is a small city located in New Haven County. Although the city is small, it has a vibrant political landscape that plays an important role in keeping the community connected and informed of current events. Ansonia has a Board of Aldermen that consists of 14 members who are elected for two-year terms by the residents of the city. The mayor is also chosen by popular vote every two years. In addition to these elected officials, there are committees and task forces that meet regularly to discuss how to best serve the needs of the citizens. This active involvement in local politics helps ensure that residents have a voice in how their community is governed.
The political climate in Ansonia, 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
Ansonia, 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.
Ansonia, 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 Ansonia, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 627 contributions totaling $35,174 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 118 contributions totaling $9,636 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)