Bethel, CT is a small town in Fairfield County with a population of nearly 20,000 people. The local politics here are focused on building a thriving community and providing excellent services for its residents. Local political candidates work to ensure the town's infrastructure is well maintained and that public safety is always prioritized. They also strive to foster economic development by creating an attractive business climate and encouraging local business growth. Bethel has recently made efforts to become more environmentally friendly and sustainable, which has been largely supported by the local political candidates. In addition, they have worked to keep taxes low while providing necessary public services, making it easier for locals to stay living in the area.
The political climate in Bethel, CT is somewhat liberal.
Fairfield County, CT is strongly liberal. In Fairfield County, CT 62.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairfield county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.9% to 35.7%.
Fairfield county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bethel, CT is somewhat liberal.
Fairfield County, Connecticut is strongly liberal.
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk 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.
Bethel, 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 Bethel, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,832 contributions totaling $544,940 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,130 contributions totaling $135,704 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)