The town of Guilford, CT (zip code 06437) is located in the New Haven County of Connecticut. It has a population of 22,375 people according to the 2020 Census. The town has government structures including a Board of Selectman and Town Plan and Zoning Commission. The current First Selectmen is Matt Hoey, who has been in office since February, 2021. The other two selectmen are Bill Peacey and Peter Pappas. In addition to its board of selectmen, the town also has an elected legislative body known as the Town Council which meets monthly and consists of nine members from seven voting districts. The town also elects a Probate Judge every four years to oversee local estate matters such as wills and trusts. In addition to these levels of local governance, Guilford also participates in state elections for state representatives and senators who are elected to represent their district on various issues that affect the state legislature. All registered voters in Guilford can vote in both federal and state elections held throughout the year.
The political climate in Zip 06437 (Guilford, CT) is leaning liberal.
New Haven County, CT is moderately liberal. In New Haven County, CT 58.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, New Haven county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 40.6%.
New Haven county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 06437 (Guilford, CT) is leaning liberal.
Guilford, Connecticut is leaning liberal.
New Haven County, Connecticut is moderately liberal.
New Haven-Milford Metro Area is moderately 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.
Guilford, 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 06437 (Guilford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,294 contributions totaling $1,101,637 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 359 contributions totaling $44,983 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)