Politics in 06231 Amston, CT are both local and national in scope. The town of Amston is part of the 2nd Congressional District, which is currently represented by Joe Courtney. On the state level, Amston is part of Connecticut's 19th Senate District, represented by Andrew Maynard. At the local level, Amston has an elected board of selectmen who govern the day-to-day operations of the town. The board is made up of three members who are elected to two-year terms during regular town elections. Residents can also participate in their local government by voting in town meetings held every year to decide on important issues and elect officers for various roles within the community.
The political climate in Zip 06231 (Amston, 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 06231 (Amston, CT) is leaning liberal.
Amston, 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.
Amston, 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 06231 (Amston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 197 contributions totaling $15,923 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,771 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)