The politics in Norwalk, CT (06854) are driven by the city's mayor and Common Council. The Mayor is elected to a four-year term while the Common Council is composed of members from each of Norwalk's seven districts who are elected to two-year terms. Important decisions that affect the entire city are discussed and voted on by the Common Council, such as the budget, taxes, land use and development, and public policy. The Mayor has executive powers as well as veto power over Common Council legislation. Both the Mayor and Common Council also work with various commissions to provide input on important local matters. In addition to this, Norwalk has representatives at both the state and federal levels who work closely with their constituents to ensure their voices are heard in government.
The political climate in Zip 06854 (Norwalk, CT) is moderately liberal.
Fairfield County, CT is strongly liberal. In Fairfield County, CT 62.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairfield county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.9% to 35.7%.
Fairfield county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 06854 (Norwalk, CT) is moderately liberal.
Norwalk, Connecticut is moderately liberal.
Fairfield County, Connecticut is strongly liberal.
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk 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.
Norwalk, 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 06854 (Norwalk)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,350 contributions totaling $268,469 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 120 contributions totaling $52,813 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $440 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)