Barkhamsted, CT is a small town in the Northwestern part of the state with a population of 3,742 as of the 2010 census. Politically, Barkhamsted leans slightly more to the Republican side than the Democratic side. The current mayor is Don Stein, who is a Republican. He was elected in 2017 and will be running again for re-election in 2021. A few other local political figures are State Representative Lezlye Zupkus, who is a Republican and State Senator Craig Miner, also a Republican. Both were elected to their positions in 2019. All in all, politics in Barkhamsted generally involve members from both major parties working together to ensure that all residents have access to quality services and that their interests are represented at the state level.
The political climate in Zip 06063 (Barkhamsted, CT) is somewhat conservative.
Litchfield County, CT is leaning conservative. In Litchfield County, CT 46.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Litchfield county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 46.6%.
Litchfield county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 06063 (Barkhamsted, CT) is somewhat conservative.
Barkhamsted, Connecticut is somewhat conservative.
Litchfield County, Connecticut is leaning conservative.
Torrington Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Barkhamsted, Connecticut: d r d r R r
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 06063 (Barkhamsted)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 253 contributions totaling $8,881 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $3,700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)