The Norwich-New London, CT Metro Area is home to a diverse population of residents who are passionate about the politics of their towns. Local political candidates from both major parties fight for the votes of citizens in order to represent their interests on the state and national level. Voter registration is high in the area as individuals come together to advocate for issues such as healthcare, education, and economic development. The population is engaged and passionate about making sure their local government takes action to better their communities. As elections take place, citizens make sure that their voices are heard through voting and actively participating in political campaigns.
The political climate in Norwich-New London Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
In Norwich-New London Metro Area 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, the Norwich-New London metro area remained very strongly Democratic, 56.9% to 40.9%.
The Norwich-New London metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Norwich-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 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 Norwich-New London Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22,322 contributions totaling $2,706,337 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,723 contributions totaling $591,157 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)