The town of Milford, Connecticut is located in zip code 06460 and is a suburban community with a population of approximately 53,000 people. Politics in Milford are dominated by the Democratic Party, with five out of the seven members of the Town Council being Democrats. All current members have been on the board since 2014. The Mayor of Milford is Ben Blake, a Democrat who was elected in 2011 and re-elected for a second term in 2015. There are also several other local political groups that represent different issues within the city such as education, public safety, infrastructure and preservation of open spaces. Many town residents actively participate in local political events and campaigns throughout election season.
The political climate in Zip 06460 (Milford, 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 06460 (Milford, CT) is somewhat liberal.
Milford, 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.
Milford, 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 06460 (Milford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,764 contributions totaling $231,748 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 666 contributions totaling $75,952 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)