Ellington, CT is a small town located in Connecticut's quiet Tolland County. This town of 8,500 residents is known for its peaceful atmosphere and strong sense of community. Politically, Ellington has a Town Council that works to ensure the citizens have access to the services they need. The Town Council meets once a month and addresses issues such as zoning regulations, budgets, transportation needs, and public services. In addition to the Town Council, Ellington also elects local representatives to the Connecticut General Assembly who are responsible for representing Ellington's interests in state-level decision making processes. Despite its small size, Ellington is an active participant in the political processes of the state and takes pride in ensuring that their voices are heard in Hartford.
The political climate in Zip 06029 (Ellington, CT) is leaning liberal.
Tolland County, CT is somewhat liberal. In Tolland County, CT 54.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tolland county remained strongly Democratic, 54.7% to 43.2%.
Tolland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 06029 (Ellington, CT) is leaning liberal.
Ellington, Connecticut is leaning liberal.
Tolland County, Connecticut is somewhat 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.
Ellington, 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 06029 (Ellington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 572 contributions totaling $46,188 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $13,210 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)