The Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area is an important hub of economic and political activity in Connecticut. The area is represented by a number of state legislators from the local area, including Senator Richard Blumenthal, Senator Chris Murphy, and Representatives Jim Himes and Rosa DeLauro. Statewide politics are driven in part by the residents of this highly urbanized region. Local issues are often discussed in Hartford, resulting in legislation that directly affects the people living in this metropolitan area. The area also has an active civic engagement through community meetings and other organized events to discuss local politics and policies. Residents have an opportunity to share their views on current topics and engage with their representatives to ensure their voices are heard on important decisions that affect them.
The political climate in Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk Metro Area is strongly liberal.
In Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk Metro Area 62.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk metro area remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.9% to 35.7%.
The Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk 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.
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, 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 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 128,003 contributions totaling $45,459,781 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $355 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20,353 contributions totaling $49,166,510 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,416 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)