The town of Eastford, Connecticut is governed by a five-member Board of Selectmen. These selectmen are elected by the citizens of Eastford and serve four-year terms. The Board is responsible for setting policy, approving budgets, overseeing town operations, and appointing citizens to committees and commissions. The Town Meeting serves as the legislative body in the Town and consists of all registered voters who meet twice a year to discuss issues critical to the town’s future. The Town Meeting members approve or reject spending proposals, make changes to local ordinances, and generally provide direction for the Town’s future. Additionally, Eastford has its own municipal court which handles traffic fines, ordinance violations, landlord/tenant disputes, small claims cases, and other legal proceedings. All political candidates running for office in Eastford must be approved by the Board of Selectman before entering the race.
The political climate in Eastford, CT is somewhat conservative.
Windham County, CT is leaning conservative. In Windham County, CT 46.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Windham county remained Republican, 51.1% to 46.8%.
Windham county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Eastford, CT is somewhat conservative.
Windham County, Connecticut is leaning conservative.
Worcester Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Eastford, Connecticut: D d D D r r
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 Eastford, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,325 contributions totaling $95,352 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 166 contributions totaling $17,613 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)