Jewett City, CT, is a small town located in Connecticut with a population of 2,493. The town has a unique political makeup and is governed by an elected Board of Selectman. In the last election, candidates for the Board included incumbents Douglas Matteson and Thomas McGrath along with newcomer John Foley. With their respective platforms on economic development, public safety, and infrastructure investments, these three candidates were able to garner a healthy support from the community in Jewett City. All three candidates are dedicated to creating a better future for all in Jewett City with their respective visions, making sure that the best interests of all citizens are being taken into consideration when it comes to important city decisions.
The political climate in Zip 06351 (Jewett City, CT) is leaning liberal.
New London County, CT is somewhat liberal. In New London County, CT 56.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, New London county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.9% to 40.9%.
New London county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 06351 (Jewett City, CT) is leaning liberal.
Jewett City, Connecticut is leaning liberal.
New London County, Connecticut is somewhat liberal.
Norwich-New London Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Jewett City, 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 06351 (Jewett City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 392 contributions totaling $15,927 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 62 contributions totaling $58,006 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $936 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)