The town of Bolton, Connecticut (06043) is a small town located in the northeastern corner of the state. With a population of just over 5,000 people, it is a friendly and welcoming community. Politically, Bolton leans to the right and generally votes Republican when it comes to elections. The town has no major local political candidates running for office, but there are several active citizens groups that lobby for interests in Bolton such as fiscal responsibility and environmental protection. The local government consists mostly of volunteers who work together to ensure the well-being and safety of the residents. There is also an active school board which works hard to keep students educated and informed about current events. Overall, residents can feel safe knowing that their voice is heard in Bolton's politics through their elected officials and local activists.
The political climate in Zip 06043 (Bolton, 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 06043 (Bolton, CT) is leaning liberal.
Bolton, 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.
Bolton, 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 06043 (Bolton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 427 contributions totaling $29,912 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $7,300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $365 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)