Enfield, CT is a town located in Hartford County with a population of over 44,000. It is governed by a mayor-council system and the current mayor is Michael Ludwick. The town council is made up of seven members elected at large to serve staggered two year terms. As of 2019, the political candidates running for office in Enfield include Republican Scott Kaupin for Mayor, Republican Robert Maurer for Town Council District 1, Republican Mary Lou Strom for Town Council District 2 and Democrat Allyson Vecchiarelli for Town Council District 3. Regardless of political party affiliation, all Enfield residents are encouraged to become informed about the election process and participate in local politics so that they can help shape the future of their community.
The political climate in Zip 06082 (Enfield, CT) is moderately 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 06082 (Enfield, CT) is moderately liberal.
Enfield, Connecticut is moderately 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.
Enfield, 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 06082 (Enfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,410 contributions totaling $68,351 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 202 contributions totaling $26,805 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)