Oakville, Connecticut is an affluent town located in the Fairfield County area. The town is home to a diverse population of people from different backgrounds and walks of life. As such, Oakville has a vibrant political environment with candidates representing both major parties actively campaigning for office. In recent years, the focus has been on issues such as public safety, education, infrastructure, and economic development. Local leaders are also focused on creating jobs and investment opportunities that will benefit the local economy as well as the community at large. With its committed leadership and diverse population, Oakville is well positioned to be an example of how politics can work for the benefit of all citizens.
The political climate in Oakville, CT is leaning 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
Oakville, CT is leaning 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.
Oakville, 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 Oakville, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,433 contributions totaling $122,808 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 248 contributions totaling $46,791 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)