Politics in 06479 Plantsville, CT are dominated by the two major political parties of the United States. Although the majority of qualifying voters tend to lean more towards one side or the other, there is still a good number of people who remain undecided and independent. While recent elections have been close, this small town has seen its fair share of different leaders come and go from both sides of the aisle. Due to its size, there has never been a need for local political candidates as most issues are handled at a state level. As such, residents rely on their representatives in Hartford to ensure that their voices and opinions are heard and represented in the legislature.
The political climate in Zip 06479 (Plantsville, CT) is somewhat 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 06479 (Plantsville, CT) is somewhat liberal.
Plantsville, Connecticut is somewhat 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.
Plantsville, 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 06479 (Plantsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 166 contributions totaling $21,465 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 76 contributions totaling $7,196 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)