Guilford, Connecticut is an idyllic small town located on the east coast of New England. It's a vibrant community filled with historic architecture, stunning beaches, and lush parks. Every two years local residents have the opportunity to choose their representatives at the local government level. The politics in Guilford are focused on issues that directly affect its citizens. These include environmental protection initiatives, education policy reform, public safety improvements, economic development efforts, and more. The elected officials strive to make decisions that will benefit all members of the community. There is a strong emphasis placed on communication between citizens and their representatives, making sure that everyone's voice can be heard and respected.
The political climate in Guilford, 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
Guilford, 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.
Guilford, 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 Guilford, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,588 contributions totaling $2,203,274 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 718 contributions totaling $89,966 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)