Norwich, Connecticut is a small city located in New London County. It has a population of approximately 40,000 people and is surrounded by smaller towns such as Jewett City, Taftville, and Lisbon. The city is governed by a mayor-council system which consists of an elected mayor and twelve council members who serve two year terms. The current Mayor of Norwich is Peter Nystrom and the City Council Chairperson is Pro Tempore William Nash. The city takes great pride in offering its residents many services such as public safety, education, recreation, and economic development initiatives. Additionally, the city strives to promote civic engagement through its local government meetings and events held throughout the year. Norwich also works to ensure that all citizens have opportunities to become involved in their local politics with initiatives like voter registration drives and community outreach programs. With its commitment to fostering an engaged political climate, Norwich provides a wonderful example of how communities can come together to create positive change for everyone living within their borders.
The political climate in Norwich, CT is somewhat liberal.
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
Norwich, CT is somewhat liberal.
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.
Norwich, 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 Norwich, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,719 contributions totaling $113,787 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 298 contributions totaling $46,145 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)