Brooklyn, CT is a small town located in Connecticut with a population of around 4,500 people. It has a long and proud history and is known for its strong sense of community and support for local businesses. Despite being a small town, Brooklyn takes politics seriously. Local elections are always hotly contested with many qualified candidates presenting their views on issues such as education, taxes, public safety, and economic development. The citizens of Brooklyn take their civic responsibilities seriously and actively engage in the political process to ensure that their voices are heard. All registered voters participate in both the local elections as well as state and national ones. With so many qualified candidates vying for office each election cycle, Brooklyn residents can be sure that they’re electing someone who will work diligently to make their community a better place to live.
The political climate in Brooklyn, 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
Brooklyn, 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.
Brooklyn, 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 Brooklyn, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 975 contributions totaling $114,243 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $5,865 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)