East Hartford, Connecticut is a small city in the northern part of the state. It is an important cultural and economic hub in the region. Politics in East Hartford are dominated by issues such as education, public safety, and economic development. The city's mayor is currently Marcia Leclerc, who has been in office since 2008. The city council consists of nine members elected from three wards each with three members, all serving two-year terms. Recently, there have been a number of contentious debates on topics such as municipal taxes and zoning regulations. There are also several grassroots initiatives to address various social issues that face East Hartford, including youth violence prevention and affordable housing initiatives. Overall, politics in East Hartford are closely tied to the well-being of its citizens and their needs for continued economic growth and quality of life improvements within the community.
The political climate in East Hartford, 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
East Hartford, 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.
East Hartford, 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 Hartford, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,297 contributions totaling $188,145 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 305 contributions totaling $38,614 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)