Hartford, CT is the capital of Connecticut and is located in the northeastern part of the state. As a major city in Connecticut, Hartford has an active political landscape with many local candidates running in different elections. The Mayor of Hartford is Luke Bronin, who was elected in 2015 and is currently serving his second term. The City Council consists of nine members representing different wards within the city. In addition to the mayor and council, there are also representatives from each ward on the Board of Education that oversees public schools in Hartford. There are also several other offices within Hartford's government, such as Treasurer, Comptroller, and Tax Collector. Finally, state legislators represent various districts throughout Hartford at both the state House and Senate levels. All of these positions provide important services to residents and help keep 06106 active politically.
The political climate in Zip 06106 (Hartford, CT) is strongly 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 06106 (Hartford, CT) is strongly liberal.
Hartford, Connecticut is strongly 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.
Hartford, 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 06106 (Hartford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 908 contributions totaling $68,705 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $4,120 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)