The small town of Sterling, Connecticut is a beautiful community nestled in the rolling hills of Tolland County. Home to around 6,000 people, it encompasses rural beauty with suburban convenience. Politically, the town is generally considered to be centrist with its constituents having strong opinions on both sides of the aisle. The Town Meeting form of government allows citizens to have an active role in local decision-making and has been able to bring together opposing views to work for the common good. The Board of Selectmen along with other elected officials are responsible for enacting local policies that improve the quality of life for residents while also ensuring fiscal responsibility. On any given election day, Sterling citizens are encouraged to take part in their civic duty by voting for candidates who represent their values and ideals.
The political climate in Sterling, CT is somewhat conservative.
Windham County, CT is leaning conservative. In Windham County, CT 46.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Windham county remained Republican, 51.1% to 46.8%.
Windham county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sterling, CT is somewhat conservative.
Windham County, Connecticut is leaning conservative.
Worcester 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.
Sterling, Connecticut: D d D D 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 Sterling, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 160 contributions totaling $7,436 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 101 contributions totaling $6,017 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)