East Hampton, Connecticut is a small town located in Middlesex County. It has a total area of 22.2 square miles and it is home to about 13,000 people. The Town Hall of East Hampton provides many community services such as local parks and recreational areas, public libraries, and police and fire departments. Residents of East Hampton are represented by their local government officials who are elected to provide leadership for the town. These officials include the Mayor and members of the Town Council, who make decisions that affect various aspects of life in East Hampton. In addition to these elected leaders, there are also appointed boards and commissions which help direct policy with the town’s best interests in mind. The East Hampton Republican Town Committee works to support Republican candidates for office within East Hampton while the Democratic Town Committee works to elect Democrats into office. Both organizations serve as advocates for residents and strive to ensure that its policies align with the needs of the community.
The political climate in East Hampton, CT is leaning liberal.
Middlesex County, CT is moderately liberal. In Middlesex County, CT 57.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Middlesex county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.3% to 41.0%.
Middlesex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Hampton, CT is leaning liberal.
Middlesex County, Connecticut is moderately 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.
East Hampton, 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 East Hampton, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,863 contributions totaling $174,321 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 141 contributions totaling $45,009 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $319 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)