The town of Durham, CT (zip code 06422) is located in Middlesex County and is home to a diverse population. Politically, Durham is represented in the Connecticut General Assembly by Rep. Melissa H. Ziobron of the 34th district and Sen. Ted Kennedy Jr. of the 12th district. At the local level, First Selectman Laura Francis currently serves as the town’s chief elected official, while Democrats make up a majority of the Board of Selectmen, which also includes Republican Patrice Bucchi and unaffiliated member Lesly Ferris. The Democratic Party also controls local government offices such as Registrar of Voters and Town Treasurer/Tax Collector. Despite its partisan divisions, the town's residents are united in their passion for civic engagement and have worked together to promote positive change throughout Durham and beyond.
The political climate in Zip 06422 (Durham, CT) is leaning liberal.
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
Zip 06422 (Durham, CT) is leaning liberal.
Durham, Connecticut is leaning liberal.
Middlesex County, Connecticut 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.
Durham, 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 zip 06422 (Durham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 936 contributions totaling $89,982 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $43,392 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $586 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)