The town of Fairfield, Connecticut is home to a wide variety of political views and opinions. It has a politically active populace, with many citizens getting involved in local elections and other political activities. Fairfield has been the site of many key battles at the state level, with several current politicians representing the town in state positions. In addition, there are numerous candidates running for local offices like Town Council and Board of Education. All candidates must be registered to vote in Fairfield and have an official campaign finance committee in order to qualify for election. Voting is an important part of democracy, and it's not uncommon for the citizens of Fairfield to participate actively in campaigns leading up to each election.
The political climate in Fairfield, CT is somewhat liberal.
Fairfield County, CT is strongly liberal. In Fairfield County, CT 62.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairfield county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.9% to 35.7%.
Fairfield county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fairfield, CT is somewhat liberal.
Fairfield County, Connecticut is strongly liberal.
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk 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.
Fairfield, 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 Fairfield, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27,219 contributions totaling $7,937,849 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $292 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,061 contributions totaling $9,111,030 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,244 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)