The town of Plainville, Connecticut is a small but diverse community located in the central part of the state. It has been home to generations of families and a close-knit community spirit for many years. Politically, Plainville is known for its commitment to civic engagement and open dialogue between its residents and local government officials. On the municipal level, Plainville is currently governed by an elected Town Council that includes nine members who are all committed to protecting the interests of their constituents. This year, residents have had the opportunity to cast their votes for three candidates in the upcoming local elections – incumbent Mayor Erin Stewart, board members Deborah Meehan and Steven Poulin. These candidates come from very different backgrounds and each bring unique perspectives on how best to serve Plainville's citizens. Regardless of which candidate ultimately wins the election, one thing remains certain: Plainville will continue to strive towards improving its political landscape into the future.
The political climate in Zip 06062 (Plainville, 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 06062 (Plainville, CT) is moderately liberal.
Plainville, 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.
Plainville, 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 06062 (Plainville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 398 contributions totaling $40,382 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 110 contributions totaling $28,451 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $259 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)