Danbury, CT is a mid-sized city in Fairfield county that has a strong influence on local politics. With a population of over 82,000 people, Danbury has an active and engaged political environment where residents are passionate about their beliefs and the issues they care about. The city’s government is led by Mayor Mark Boughton, who was elected to office in 2001 and reelected in 2015 for his fourth term. He is supported by an 11 member City Council that works to represent Danbury’s constituents. Local elections are held every two years in November and typically see voter turnout of around 53%. Issues that are important to the community include economic development, infrastructure improvements, support of small businesses, preservation of open space, public safety, and environmental protection. The current political landscape in Danbury reflects the diverse views of its citizens as well as their commitment to making the city a great place to live and work.
The political climate in Zip 06810 (Danbury, 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 06810 (Danbury, CT) is moderately liberal.
Danbury, 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.
Danbury, 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 06810 (Danbury)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,368 contributions totaling $204,324 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 383 contributions totaling $36,847 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)