New Haven Connecticut is situated within New Haven County which generally has a strong Democratic presence during election cycles though there are some Republicans in the area. Recent years have seen a number of progressive initiatives pass such as increasing access to healthcare or raising the minimum wage while also introducing traditional financial reforms favored by conservatives; this helps create a competitive environment between both parties when it comes to policy decisions but usually Democrats are able to push their initiatives through due to higher voter turnout amongst their supporters each year.
The Political Climate in New Haven, CT is Moderately liberal.
New Haven County, CT is Moderately liberal. In New Haven County, CT 58.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, New Haven county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 40.6%.
New Haven county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000
The BestPlaces Liberal/Conservative Index
New Haven, CT is Moderately liberal
New Haven County, Connecticut is Moderately liberal.
New Haven-Milford Metro Area is Moderately 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 Haven, 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 Haven, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37,069 contributions totaling $3,573,999 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 772 contributions totaling $135,715 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)