Blue Hills, CT is a small town located in the western part of the state. Despite its size, the people of Blue Hills have always been deeply engaged in politics. In recent years, many local candidates have run for office and campaigned on issues that are important to the citizens of Blue Hills. These issues range from education and healthcare to economic development and environmental protection. The political landscape in Blue Hills is constantly changing with new ideas and perspectives taking shape each election cycle. The current mayor is working hard to ensure that all voices have the chance to be heard and their concerns addressed appropriately. Despite this progress, there is still much work to be done before everyone in Blue Hills can truly feel represented by their local government.
The political climate in Blue Hills, CT is moderately 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
Blue Hills, CT is moderately 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.
Blue Hills, 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 Blue Hills, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,997 contributions totaling $324,534 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 233 contributions totaling $101,334 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $435 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)