Killingly, CT has a long history of political activism. The town is currently represented in the Connecticut House of Representatives by Democrat David Alexander, who was first elected in 2020. In addition to state-level politics, Killingly also has its own Town Council which consists of nine members who are elected from each of the town's six districts. The Town Council is responsible for setting and approving budgets for municipal services such as road maintenance and garbage collection, as well as determining zoning regulations and tax rates. Over the past few years, politics in Killingly has been characterized by a push towards economic development initiatives that focus on creating jobs and diversifying the city’s economy. Through these efforts, the town has seen an increase in tourism and small business growth, while still preserving its rural character.
The political climate in Killingly, CT is leaning 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
Killingly, CT is leaning 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.
Killingly, 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 Killingly, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,157 contributions totaling $48,963 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 150 contributions totaling $17,202 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)