The politics of 06851 Norwalk, CT are represented by a wide array of elected officials from the city, state, and federal levels. At the city level, Norwalk elects its mayor and members of the Common Council. The mayor serves a two-year term and is responsible for managing daily operations within the City. The Common Council consists of six members who provide legislative oversight to the City’s operations. At the state level, Norwalk is represented by two senators in the Connecticut General Assembly as well as one representative in the Connecticut House of Representatives. At the federal level, Norwalk is represented by one U.S. Representative and two U.S Senators in Congress. All of these officials are tasked with representing the interests of Norwalk’s citizens while advocating for laws that benefit their constituents.
The political climate in Zip 06851 (Norwalk, CT) is moderately liberal.
Fairfield County, CT is strongly liberal. In Fairfield County, CT 62.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairfield county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.9% to 35.7%.
Fairfield county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 06851 (Norwalk, CT) is moderately liberal.
Norwalk, Connecticut is moderately liberal.
Fairfield County, Connecticut is strongly liberal.
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk 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.
Norwalk, 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 06851 (Norwalk)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,760 contributions totaling $345,881 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 181 contributions totaling $118,208 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $653 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)