Middletown, CT is a small town located in the heart of Connecticut. Politically, it is governed by a Mayor-Council system. The current mayor is Dan Drew, who has been in office since 2011. Middletown also has a City Council comprised of 15 elected members to represent its residents. The City Council meets regularly and discusses important issues facing the community such as taxation and budgeting, local infrastructure projects, and public service initiatives. Middletown's politics are highly engaged with citizens regularly attending meetings to voice their opinions on various issues. As the city grows, it will be interesting to see how the political landscape changes over time.
The political climate in Middletown, CT is somewhat 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
Middletown, CT is somewhat 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.
Middletown, 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 Middletown, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,464 contributions totaling $309,145 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 263 contributions totaling $44,786 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)