Niantic, Connecticut (06357) is a small town located in the southeastern area of the state and is home to around 6,000 residents. The town has a strong sense of community and pride with its historic downtown area, beaches, parks, and museums. It's government is run by a Board of Selectman who are elected by the citizens of Niantic every two years. They are responsible for setting policy on local issues such as taxes and land use. Additionally, there are multiple commissions appointed by the Board of Selectman to review more specific matters such as zoning ordinances and parks maintenance. Elections for these positions occur regularly and it is always important for citizens to become involved in their local politics in order to ensure their voices can be heard. Niantic takes great pride in its citizen-driven political system that works together to benefit the whole community.
The political climate in Zip 06357 (Niantic, CT) is somewhat 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 06357 (Niantic, CT) is somewhat liberal.
Niantic, Connecticut is somewhat 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.
Niantic, 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 06357 (Niantic)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,921 contributions totaling $110,192 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 129 contributions totaling $10,357 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)