Oakville, CT is a small town in Litchfield County with a population of approximately 1,000 people. The local government is led by an elected mayor and board of selectmen who are responsible for addressing the town's needs and managing its resources. The town has an active participatory democracy, with each resident having the opportunity to voice their opinion on important matters at public meetings or through written communication. Local elections take place every two years for the Mayor and board members. Currently, Oakville's Mayor is John Smith and its board members are Jane Doe, Mark Johnson, and Jill Jones. These representatives have been diligent in their work to ensure that Oakville remains a safe and vibrant community for everyone who lives there. They have worked hard to address issues such as infrastructure development, economic growth, education reform, and public safety initiatives while also maintaining a high quality of life for all its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 06779 (Oakville, CT) is leaning conservative.
Litchfield County, CT is leaning conservative. In Litchfield County, CT 46.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Litchfield county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 46.6%.
Litchfield county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 06779 (Oakville, CT) is leaning conservative.
Oakville, Connecticut is leaning conservative.
Litchfield County, Connecticut is leaning conservative.
Torrington Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Oakville, Connecticut: d r d r R r
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 06779 (Oakville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 68 contributions totaling $5,869 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $811 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)