The town of 06330 Baltic, CT is governed by a five-member Board of Selectman responsible for setting policy and managing the day-to-day operations of the town. The current members of the board are: First Selectman William Ireland, Selectman Michael Hastings, Selectman Karen Fairchild, Selectman Thomas E. Smith and Selectman Robert J. Stead. Each member is elected in a non-partisan election to serve a three-year term. In addition to the Board of Selectmen, Baltic also has an elected Town Clerk, Tax Collector and Registrar of Voters. Local elections for these positions occur every two years in November during odd-numbered years. The citizens of Baltic also vote on local referendum questions that are presented as part of the ballot from time to time. This provides citizens with an opportunity to help shape how their town is governed and what services are provided within it.
The political climate in Zip 06330 (Baltic, 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 06330 (Baltic, CT) is leaning liberal.
Baltic, 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.
Baltic, 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 06330 (Baltic)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 48 contributions totaling $2,741 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $4,686 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $335 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)