The town of Bloomfield, Connecticut is a small suburban community located in Hartford County. With a population of just over 20,000 people, Bloomfield is home to a diverse mix of residents from different backgrounds. Politically, the town reflects the state of Connecticut’s Democratic leaning with Democrats currently representing the majority of elected officials on the Town Council and Board of Education. Local politics mainly centers around issues related to taxes, economic development, education, public safety and infrastructure. The town is served by two state representatives in the Connecticut General Assembly who are both Democrats and regularly work together to address local issues. Other political activities in Bloomfield include voter registration drives and other awareness campaigns on various topics that affect local families.
The political climate in Bloomfield, CT is moderately liberal.
Hartford County, CT is strongly liberal. In Hartford County, CT 63.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hartford county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.1% to 35.4%.
Hartford county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bloomfield, CT is moderately liberal.
Hartford County, Connecticut is strongly 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.
Bloomfield, 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 Bloomfield, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,193 contributions totaling $805,874 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 784 contributions totaling $253,712 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $324 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)