New Haven, CT is the largest city in Connecticut and the county seat of New Haven County. It is a vibrant and diverse city that is known for its rich history, culture, and politics. The political landscape in New Haven has traditionally been one of Democratic dominance. There are currently several prominent Democrats in elected positions within the city, including Mayor Justin Elicker and most of the members of the Board of Alders. In addition to national politics, local residents care deeply about state level issues such as education reform, criminal justice reform, and economic development. With a number of progressive initiatives underway in New Haven, it is clear that local political leaders are focused on creating positive change for all residents, regardless of their party affiliation.
The political climate in Zip 06515 (New Haven, CT) is moderately liberal.
New Haven County, CT is moderately liberal. In New Haven County, CT 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, New Haven county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 40.6%.
New Haven county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 06515 (New Haven, CT) is moderately liberal.
New Haven, Connecticut is moderately liberal.
New Haven County, Connecticut is moderately liberal.
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, 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 06515 (New Haven)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,392 contributions totaling $251,890 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $10,802 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)