Norfolk, Connecticut is a rural town located in Litchfield County. It has a small population of only 1,700 people, making it one of the smallest towns in the state. Despite its small size, Norfolk residents take politics seriously. The town is part of the larger 23rd Congressional District, and several local candidates have run for office in recent years. Most recently, the residents elected a Democrat to represent them in Hartford in the state legislature. The current mayor, Frank Kerr, was re-elected to his third term in 2019 after winning strong support from the community. Community members are passionate about their local politics and often work together to ensure that their voices are heard on issues such as land use and development.
The political climate in Norfolk, CT is somewhat conservative.
Litchfield County, CT is leaning conservative. In Litchfield County, CT 46.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Litchfield county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 46.6%.
Litchfield county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Norfolk, CT is somewhat conservative.
Litchfield County, Connecticut is leaning conservative.
Torrington Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Norfolk, Connecticut: d r d r 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 Norfolk, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,390 contributions totaling $515,076 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $371 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 176 contributions totaling $24,806 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)