Crystal Lake, CT is a small town located in New England with a population of about 7,000 people. It is known for its quaint shops and beautiful hiking trails, but it also has an active political scene. The town is governed by a mayor and five-member Town Council who are elected every two years. Every year, the citizens of Crystal Lake come together to vote for their local political candidates and decide on important decisions related to taxes, infrastructure improvements, education initiatives, and other initiatives that affect the community. The town is also served by both state and federal representatives who work to ensure the interests of the community are met at all levels of government. Community involvement plays an important role in Crystal Lake's politics as citizens have opportunities throughout the year to voice their opinions on matters affecting their lives.
The political climate in Crystal Lake, CT is leaning conservative.
Tolland County, CT is somewhat liberal. In Tolland County, CT 54.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tolland county remained strongly Democratic, 54.7% to 43.2%.
Tolland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crystal Lake, CT is leaning conservative.
Tolland County, Connecticut is somewhat 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.
Crystal Lake, 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 Crystal Lake, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,697 contributions totaling $192,167 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 170 contributions totaling $35,525 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)