The town of Cos Cob, Connecticut is located in the southeastern corner of Fairfield County. It is a small community with a population of just over 6,000 people as of the 2010 census. Although it is a relatively small town, it has an active political environment and plays an important role in local politics. The town is represented in the Connecticut State House of Representatives by Republican Fred Camillo and Democrat David Michel. At the federal level, Cos Cob is part of Connecticut's 4th Congressional District and is represented by Democrat Jim Himes. Local elections are held regularly to determine who will represent the citizens of Cos Cob at both state and national levels. Residents can get involved in local politics by attending meetings or voting in municipal elections.
The political climate in Zip 06807 (Cos Cob, CT) is moderately liberal.
Fairfield County, CT is strongly liberal. In Fairfield County, CT 62.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairfield county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.9% to 35.7%.
Fairfield county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 06807 (Cos Cob, CT) is moderately liberal.
Cos Cob, Connecticut is moderately liberal.
Fairfield County, Connecticut is strongly liberal.
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk 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.
Cos Cob, 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 06807 (Cos Cob)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,576 contributions totaling $580,678 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $368 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 227 contributions totaling $114,783 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $506 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)