The small town of Northford, CT is located in the suburban area of 06472. Despite its size, politics are still an integral part of life in Northford. The town is served by both local and state politicians who have taken office to represent the citizens of Northford. Local politics focuses on issues such as taxation, education, healthcare and development within the small community. State politicians are focused on broader issues that affect all Connecticut residents but include topics and ideas specific to Northford as well. Both levels of government are important for the community's growth and success, and local residents place great emphasis on staying informed about their elected officials as well as the current political issues in their area.
The political climate in Zip 06472 (Northford, CT) is leaning 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 06472 (Northford, CT) is leaning liberal.
Northford, Connecticut is leaning 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.
Northford, 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 06472 (Northford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,291 contributions totaling $83,625 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $10,766 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)