Roxbury, CT is a small town located in the northwest corner of the state. It is a rural, mostly residential area with a population of over 4500 people. Politics in Roxbury are generally conservative in nature due to its rural roots and proximity to larger cities like Waterbury and Hartford. The town is governed by the Board of Selectmen, composed of three elected officials who serve staggered terms. Local elections occur every two years with candidates chosen from within the community based upon their past civic involvement and experience. These candidates typically run on platforms centered around fiscal responsibility, public safety, and local infrastructure projects such as road maintenance and public works improvements.
The political climate in Roxbury, 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
Roxbury, 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.
Roxbury, 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 Roxbury, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,046 contributions totaling $1,166,338 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 264 contributions totaling $81,512 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $309 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)