Stamford is the third largest city in Connecticut and has a long and vibrant history of politics. The city is currently led by Mayor David Martin, who was elected to the position in 2013. He is supported by a City Council that consists of 16 members, each representing one of Stamford's many neighborhoods. The City Council meets regularly to make decisions on issues related to public safety, infrastructure, economic development, and education. In recent years, they have been working to improve public transportation options and attract businesses to the area. Recent initiatives have included a bike-share program and business tax credits for companies that move into the city. These efforts have been aimed at making Stamford an even better place to live and work for its residents.
The political climate in Stamford, CT is moderately liberal.
Fairfield County, CT is strongly liberal. In Fairfield County, CT 62.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairfield county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.9% to 35.7%.
Fairfield county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stamford, CT is moderately liberal.
Fairfield County, Connecticut is strongly liberal.
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk Metro Area is strongly 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.
Stamford, 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 Stamford, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24,699 contributions totaling $16,329,731 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $661 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,716 contributions totaling $25,232,924 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $5,350 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)