Danbury, CT is a city located in Fairfield County with a population of roughly 85,000. The city has become increasingly diverse in recent years and this has been reflected in its politics. In local elections, the constituents of Danbury elect their representatives to the Common Council, which is responsible for creating and enforcing laws within the city. The Common Council is comprised of nine members; six are elected from individual districts and three are elected at-large. The mayor is also elected by the residents of Danbury and serves as a representative of the entire city. Additionally, representatives from Danbury participate in state-wide elections where they can vote on important issues such as education funding, taxes, infrastructure projects and more. Residents in Danbury care deeply about their local politics and make sure to get out and vote during every election cycle.
The political climate in Zip 06811 (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 06811 (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 06811 (Danbury)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,306 contributions totaling $103,696 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 248 contributions totaling $46,536 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)