New Haven County in Connecticut is a vibrant area, with a rich culture and history. For many years, New Haven County has been governed by local representatives of both major political parties. In recent elections, the Democratic party has held the majority of elected offices for the county. More recently, many smaller and independent parties have had candidates vying for office as well. Currently, Mayor Toni Harp leads the City of New Haven and is joined on the Board of Alders by several representatives from various wards. Beyond that, there are many other local representatives who are responsible for making decisions that affect their constituents in New Haven County. These officials represent everything from education to public safety and healthcare to environmental issues throughout this important community.
The political climate in 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
New Haven County, CT 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.
New Haven, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Haven County, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 89,284 contributions totaling $10,446,941 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6,343 contributions totaling $6,305,974 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $994 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)