The town of Beacon Falls, Connecticut is a small rural community located in New Haven County. Located along the Naugatuck River, Beacon Falls has a population of around 5,000 people. It has a small town atmosphere with close-knit neighborhoods and a strong sense of community spirit.
Despite its size, Beacon Falls is an active political hub in the region. The local government consists of seven elected officials who serve on the Board of Selectmen. These selectmen oversee the day-to-day operations of the town, create local laws and regulations, and provide services to residents. Additionally, there are several other local political candidates running for office such as state representatives and county commissioners who are all actively involved in Beacon Falls politics.
The political climate in Zip 06403 (Beacon Falls, CT) is leaning liberal.
New Haven County, CT is moderately liberal. In New Haven County, CT 58.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, New Haven county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 40.6%.
New Haven county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 06403 (Beacon Falls, CT) is leaning liberal.
Beacon Falls, Connecticut is leaning liberal.
New Haven County, Connecticut is moderately liberal.
New Haven-Milford Metro Area is moderately 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.
Beacon Falls, 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 06403 (Beacon Falls)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 144 contributions totaling $6,439 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $5,806 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)