New Britain, CT is a city located in the state of Connecticut with a population of 73,206. It is the home to many diverse communities and has a strong local government that works to create policy that meets the needs of its citizens. The city's Mayor, Erin Stewart, was elected in 2013 and reelected in 2017. The City Council is responsible for making policy decisions on behalf of New Britain residents, including decisions related to public safety and infrastructure development. The City Council consists of nine members who are elected from seven wards throughout New Britain. In addition, there are several local political candidates running for office during upcoming elections in New Britain. These candidates include Democrats such as former Mayor Timothy O'Brien and Republicans such as William Petit Jr., who are both running for mayor in 2021. The candidates bring different backgrounds and perspectives to the table which will help shape the future direction of the city.
The political climate in Zip 06052 (New Britain, CT) is moderately 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 06052 (New Britain, CT) is moderately liberal.
New Britain, Connecticut is moderately 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.
New Britain, 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 06052 (New Britain)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 217 contributions totaling $59,652 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 73 contributions totaling $15,029 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)