The New Haven-Milford, CT Metro Area is part of the larger Greater New Haven region and is home to a diverse population of people from a variety of backgrounds. The politics in this area are largely shaped by local elections with candidates representing various political parties. The Democratic Party has the most representation in the area, followed by the Republican Party, and there are also independent and third party candidates in some races. Local government initiatives have focused on improving infrastructure, education, public safety, environmental protection, and economic development. Residents of New Haven-Milford play an active role in shaping their community by voting for local representatives who share their values and beliefs. In addition to municipal governments, there are also state representatives who represent New Haven-Milford’s interests in Hartford. By proactively engaging with their elected officials, residents can ensure that their voices are heard and that they have influence over what happens in their local government.
The political climate in New Haven-Milford Metro Area is moderately liberal.
In New Haven-Milford Metro Area 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, the New Haven-Milford metro area remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 40.6%.
The New Haven-Milford metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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-Milford, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in New Haven-Milford Metro Area
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)