The town of Sandy Hook, Connecticut (zip code 06482) is a low-population area located in the western part of the state. The area is equidistant from the larger cities of New Haven and Bridgeport, and has its own local government to oversee its affairs. The government is made up of three selectmen who are elected by the people of Sandy Hook for two-year terms. As a small community, there is not much political activity other than these local elections, but some issues have come up in recent years that have been hotly contested by residents such as zoning changes and development projects. Additionally, Sandy Hook has seen an increase in political activism in recent years with more citizens getting involved in causes like environmental protection and social justice.
The political climate in Zip 06482 (Sandy Hook, CT) is somewhat 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 06482 (Sandy Hook, CT) is somewhat liberal.
Sandy Hook, Connecticut is somewhat 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.
Sandy Hook, 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 06482 (Sandy Hook)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,207 contributions totaling $110,302 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 125 contributions totaling $14,362 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)