Politics in 06013 Burlington, CT are largely dominated by the Democratic Party. In the most recent local elections, several Democratic candidates were elected to office, including Tim Herbst for mayor and Jim Farrell for the town council. With the majority of voters identifying as Democrat, most local elections are usually contested between Democrats and unaffiliated candidates. The last Republican mayor of Burlington was Carl Amento, who served from 2001-2009. Issues currently being discussed in town hall meetings include economic growth, public safety, education reform, and environmental protection. Residents of 06013 Burlington often take part in larger political conversations happening across Connecticut and the country at large through rallies and protests. Overall, this small community is deeply engaged in national and local politics alike.
The political climate in Zip 06013 (Burlington, 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 06013 (Burlington, CT) is somewhat liberal.
Burlington, 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.
Burlington, 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 06013 (Burlington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 423 contributions totaling $43,568 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 89 contributions totaling $19,623 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)