New Canaan, CT is a small yet affluent town located in the southwestern part of Connecticut. Within New Canaan lies a thriving government and political system that works hard to provide its citizens with a safe and pleasant environment. The town has an open town meeting form of government, in which all members of the community can be involved in decisions that shape the town's future. In addition to this, there are two main political parties that operate within New Canaan – the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. Each party fields candidates for local elections, such as mayor, board of selectmen, and other offices related to municipal governance. Many local residents take an active role in choosing their representatives and voicing their opinion on important issues facing the community. Additionally, many organizations host various events throughout the year to provide platforms for expressing opinions on different topics related to politics and local governance. These events help inform locals about current political issues and policies while allowing them to make their voices heard on matters that affect them directly.
The political climate in New Canaan, CT is somewhat liberal.
Fairfield County, CT is strongly liberal. In Fairfield County, CT 62.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairfield county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.9% to 35.7%.
Fairfield county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Canaan, CT is somewhat liberal.
Fairfield County, Connecticut is strongly liberal.
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk 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.
New Canaan, 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 New Canaan, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,657 contributions totaling $3,034,549 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $652 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,590 contributions totaling $4,098,275 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,578 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)