Berlin, Connecticut is a small town located in Hartford County. It has a population of about 19,000 people and is known for its quaint downtown area and rich history. Politically, Berlin leans conservatively with the Republican party dominating local elections. This is largely due to the values of the community which are fiscally conservative and prioritize personal responsibility. The mayor of Berlin is Republican Mark Kaczynski, who was elected in 2017 and reelected in 2019 without opposition. Local elections usually draw a variety of candidates from both parties, however Republican candidates typically have been favored by constituents in most municipal races. The town currently holds no federal or state offices but does have an active Town Council that meets regularly to discuss important topics such as education, infrastructure improvement and public safety initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 06037 (Berlin, CT) is somewhat liberal.
Hartford County, CT is strongly liberal. In Hartford County, CT 63.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hartford county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.1% to 35.4%.
Hartford county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 06037 (Berlin, CT) is somewhat liberal.
Berlin, Connecticut is somewhat liberal.
Hartford County, Connecticut is strongly 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.
Berlin, 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 06037 (Berlin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 802 contributions totaling $54,470 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 151 contributions totaling $22,214 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)