Andover, CT is a small suburb in Connecticut located just outside of Hartford. Politically, Andover is heavily Democratic, with the majority of residents voting for Democratic candidates in most local and national elections. At the local level, the town has a Board of Selectmen composed of three elected officials and a Town Administrator who manage the day-to-day operations of running Andover. The Board of Education is responsible for overseeing public schools in town and consists of seven elected members. There are also other committees and boards made up of both appointed and elected members which serve to address various town issues related to public safety, infrastructure, development, and recreation. Residents have the opportunity to get involved by running for office or by attending meetings and voicing their opinions on current issues.
The political climate in Andover, CT is leaning conservative.
Tolland County, CT is somewhat liberal. In Tolland County, CT 54.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tolland county remained strongly Democratic, 54.7% to 43.2%.
Tolland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Andover, CT is leaning conservative.
Tolland County, Connecticut is somewhat liberal.
Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown 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.
Andover, 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 Andover, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 560 contributions totaling $37,649 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $9,649 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)