The politics in Hamden, CT (zip code 06517) are heavily influenced by the fact that it is an affluent suburb of New Haven. The city is run by a mayor-council form of government, with the current mayor being Curt Balzano Leng. In addition to a mayor and council, the city also has several boards and commissions which help shape political decisions. In recent years, local elections have been largely centered around topics such as economic development, public safety, education reform and transportation infrastructure. There have also been many progressive initiatives put forth by citizens in order to ensure equity for all members of the community. At present, there are no specific candidates running for local office in this area; however voters are encouraged to get involved in their local political process and participate in upcoming elections.
The political climate in Zip 06517 (Hamden, CT) is somewhat 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 06517 (Hamden, CT) is somewhat liberal.
Hamden, Connecticut is somewhat 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.
Hamden, 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 06517 (Hamden)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,054 contributions totaling $728,872 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 137 contributions totaling $22,865 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)