Beacon Falls, CT is an idyllic small town located in New England. Residents here take pride in their community and are actively involved in local politics. Beacon Falls is governed by a Town Meeting structure, where citizens come together to vote on important issues such as funding for local services and programs. The Mayor and Board of Selectmen also play an important role in the decision-making process for the town. Other political offices such as state legislators, judges, and county commissioners often hold office hours or events for residents to voice their opinions or ask questions. Overall, Beacon Falls provides its citizens with an opportunity to remain informed and engaged with the political process at all levels.
The political climate in Beacon Falls, 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
Beacon Falls, 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.
Beacon Falls, 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 Beacon Falls, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 496 contributions totaling $32,168 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 152 contributions totaling $11,203 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)