Middletown, Connecticut 06457 is a small town located in Middlesex County. The town has a long history of political activism, and citizens are highly involved in local politics. The town council is responsible for making decisions that shape the local community and its future development. They are elected by the residents of Middletown and serve four-year terms. The current mayor of Middletown is Ben Florsheim, who was first elected to office in 2019. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University and has been active in local politics for nearly 10 years. In addition to the mayor, Middletown also has an established Board of Education that works to ensure quality educational opportunities for all students within the district. Furthermore, citizens have multiple chances each year to express their opinions on various topics through ballot initiatives that come up for discussion during Town Council meetings. Regardless of political differences, Middletown remains a vibrant community where citizens take an active interest in improving their town’s future with their votes and participation in fair democratic processes.
The political climate in Zip 06457 (Middletown, CT) is somewhat liberal.
Middlesex County, CT is moderately liberal. In Middlesex County, CT 57.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Middlesex county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.3% to 41.0%.
Middlesex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 06457 (Middletown, CT) is somewhat liberal.
Middletown, Connecticut is somewhat liberal.
Middlesex County, Connecticut is moderately 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.
Middletown, 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 06457 (Middletown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,464 contributions totaling $309,145 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 263 contributions totaling $44,786 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)