North Stonington, CT is a small town in New London County with a population of around 6300. The town has a long history of political engagement and current local politics are focused on preserving the small-town character of the area. The elected positions in North Stonington include an elected Board of Selectmen and Town Clerk, as well as other Town Deputies. Elections for these positions take place every two years and are usually uncontested. Issues such as development, budgeting, taxation, services and infrastructure remain at the forefront in local politics. Political candidates must demonstrate a commitment to the community while also representing the interests and concerns of their constituents. There is also an active community involvement with citizens attending town meetings to discuss issues facing the town and its people.
The political climate in North Stonington, CT is leaning conservative.
New London County, CT is somewhat liberal. In New London County, CT 56.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, New London county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.9% to 40.9%.
New London county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
North Stonington, CT is leaning conservative.
New London County, Connecticut is somewhat liberal.
Norwich-New London 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.
North Stonington, 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 North Stonington, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 371 contributions totaling $24,513 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $5,017 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)