Cheshire, Connecticut is a small town located in the New Haven County of Connecticut. It is home to approximately 29,000 people and offers residents peaceful living with easy access to nearby cities like Hartford and New Haven. The politics in Cheshire are largely shaped by local elections as the town is represented by a selectman at the state level. At the local level, citizens can vote for candidates running for various positions including mayor, Board of Education members, and Town Council members. These elections determine who will shape the future of Cheshire and its budget decisions, so it is important that citizens are well-informed on each candidate's platform before heading to the polls. Each election cycle provides an opportunity for residents to make their voices heard and have a direct impact on their community.
The political climate in Cheshire, CT is leaning liberal.
New Haven County, CT is moderately liberal. In New Haven County, CT 58.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, New Haven county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 40.6%.
New Haven county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cheshire, CT is leaning liberal.
New Haven County, Connecticut is moderately liberal.
New Haven-Milford Metro Area is moderately 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.
Cheshire, 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 Cheshire, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,503 contributions totaling $1,131,349 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 930 contributions totaling $242,722 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $261 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)