New London, CT is the home of a vibrant politics scene. Local elections are held every two years for mayor and city council. These elections draw attention from citizens who are passionate about their local government and care about making New London a better place to live. Some of the biggest issues that local politicians focus on include economic development, education, housing, and public safety. The city council and mayor strive to ensure the needs of all citizens are met through policy decisions that help keep New London prosperous and safe. Policies enacted have helped create jobs, improved local schools, create affordable housing options, and keep crime rates low in the community. As a result New London has become an increasingly desirable place to live with much more potential for growth in the future.
The political climate in New London, CT is moderately liberal.
New London County, CT is somewhat liberal. In New London County, CT 56.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, New London county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.9% to 40.9%.
New London county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New London, CT is moderately liberal.
New London County, Connecticut is somewhat liberal.
Norwich-New London 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.
New London, 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 New London, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,646 contributions totaling $230,616 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 92 contributions totaling $23,398 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $254 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)