The town of Chester, CT (zip code 06412) is a small community located in Middlesex County. Politically, the town is mostly represented by members of the Democratic party. However, there are also many independent candidates that run for local office every election cycle. Currently, the First Selectman for Chester is Democrat David Wilcox and he has held this position since 2018. The current Board of Selectmen also consists of Democrats Richard Hovey and Anthony Varricchio, along with Independent John Eldridge Jr. All four members have been elected to serve on the Board since 2016. Another important political figure in Chester is state representative Christine Rosati who was first elected to her position in 2008 and has served ever since. Her district encompasses several towns including Chester, Deep River, Essex and Haddam. Overall, the political landscape in Chester is generally dominated by the Democratic party but there are also some independent candidates that help shape policy and decisions for the town each year.
The political climate in Zip 06412 (Chester, CT) is leaning liberal.
Middlesex County, CT is moderately liberal. In Middlesex County, CT 57.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Middlesex county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.3% to 41.0%.
Middlesex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 06412 (Chester, CT) is leaning liberal.
Chester, Connecticut is leaning liberal.
Middlesex County, Connecticut is moderately 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.
Chester, 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 06412 (Chester)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,576 contributions totaling $100,455 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $19,625 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $377 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)