Middlesex County, Connecticut is home to a variety of politics. The county is part of the 6th Congressional District, currently represented by Joe Courtney. At the state level, Middlesex County is represented by Senator Norm Needleman and Representatives Christine Palm and David Michel in the Connecticut General Assembly. On the local level, Middlesex County is divided into twelve towns with their own locally elected officials. Overall, Middlesex County offers a diverse political environment where residents can make their voices heard both locally and nationally.
The political climate in Middlesex County, CT is moderately liberal.
In Middlesex County, CT 57.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Middlesex county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.3% to 41.0%.
Middlesex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Middlesex County, CT is moderately liberal.
Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown 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.
Middlesex, 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 Middlesex County, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19,528 contributions totaling $1,687,137 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,897 contributions totaling $50,505,548 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $26,624 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)