The politics in 06375 Quaker Hill, CT are based on local decision-making by a board of selectmen with various committees to help carry out the will of the people. Voting is open to all registered voters in the town and they can take part in both local and state elections. The town is relatively small, so the issues discussed tend to be focused on services that directly affect the community such as schools, fire departments, roads, taxes, zoning regulations, and other important matters. Participation is encouraged from all citizens as their input helps shape the future of their hometown. Quaker Hill has long had a history of being an active community in regards to political participation and citizens regularly turn out for town meetings or polls to show support for their chosen leaders.
The political climate in Zip 06375 (Quaker Hill, CT) is leaning liberal.
New London County, CT is somewhat liberal. In New London County, CT 56.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, New London county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.9% to 40.9%.
New London county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 06375 (Quaker Hill, CT) is leaning liberal.
Quaker Hill, Connecticut is leaning liberal.
New London County, Connecticut is somewhat liberal.
Norwich-New London Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Quaker Hill, 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 06375 (Quaker Hill)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 525 contributions totaling $143,280 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $273 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $5,040 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $360 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)