The politics in 06359 North Stonington, CT are highly active and involve a wide variety of stakeholders. The town has a local representative on the state assembly, as well as several members in Congress. The local government is composed of a Mayor and Board of Selectmen, who work together with other town boards to make decisions. Additionally, there are various committees and commissions that report to the Town Council. In terms of elections, North Stonington holds an annual caucus for registered voters to nominate party candidates for local offices. Candidates from both major parties run during elections for local offices such as Town Clerk, Tax Collector and Board of Education. Voter turnout in North Stonington is typically high due to the importance that residents place on their local government and its effects on their lives.
The political climate in Zip 06359 (North Stonington, CT) is leaning liberal.
New London County, CT is somewhat liberal. In New London County, CT 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, New London county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.9% to 40.9%.
New London county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 06359 (North Stonington, CT) is leaning liberal.
North Stonington, Connecticut is leaning liberal.
New London County, Connecticut is somewhat liberal.
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.
North Stonington, 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 06359 (North Stonington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 371 contributions totaling $24,513 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $5,017 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)