The town of Ledyard, CT (06339) is an active participant in the political process. With a current population of 15,051 people, the town is served by its Board of Selectmen, who are elected to serve on a two-year term. The town also holds regular meetings and forums to discuss important issues that affect the community. Additionally, local citizens have opportunities to get involved in the political process by voting for candidates running for office. These candidates include those running for mayor, council seats, state representatives and senators, and more. Through their involvement in politics, residents of Ledyard are able to make sure their voice is heard in government decisions.
The political climate in Zip 06339 (Ledyard, 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 06339 (Ledyard, CT) is leaning liberal.
Ledyard, 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.
Ledyard, 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 06339 (Ledyard)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,334 contributions totaling $64,050 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 131 contributions totaling $17,663 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)