The town of East Berlin, Connecticut is located in Hartford County with a population of 4,523 as of the 2018 census. The town has a mayor-council form of government comprised of six elected officials, including the mayor and five council members. Each official serves for two years and are voted on by the residents in municipal elections held every other year. As an example of local politics, the current Mayor is Mark A. Kaczynski who was elected to his second term in 2019. The Town Council consists of Thomas E. Dykas Jr., Michael Wawrzyniak Sr., Bret Coker, Douglas Fiedler, and Melissa Lahey-Liu who were all elected to their first terms in 2019. All five are actively engaged within the community and strive to ensure East Berlin remains a great place to live for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 06023 (East Berlin, 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 06023 (East Berlin, CT) is somewhat liberal.
East Berlin, 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.
East Berlin, 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 06023 (East Berlin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37 contributions totaling $5,991 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $333 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)