Politics in 06264 Scotland, CT are mainly focused on local issues that affect the community. These include topics such as municipal budgets, infrastructure investments, public safety, and education. The town of Scotland is governed by a Board of Selectmen who are elected from the local districts. This board is responsible for setting policy and making decisions on behalf of the residents of Scotland. Local political candidates put forth their platforms to address these issues in order to win the hearts and minds of their constituents. Candidates must be organized around a platform that focuses on strong fiscal responsibility, creating jobs, and keeping taxes low. Through their campaigns they must demonstrate how they can bring tangible results to Scotland to improve its future and make it a great place to live for generations to come.
The political climate in Zip 06264 (Scotland, CT) is somewhat conservative.
Windham County, CT is leaning conservative. In Windham County, CT 46.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Windham county remained Republican, 51.1% to 46.8%.
Windham county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 06264 (Scotland, CT) is somewhat conservative.
Scotland, Connecticut is somewhat conservative.
Windham County, Connecticut is leaning conservative.
Worcester 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.
Scotland, Connecticut: D d D D 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 06264 (Scotland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $226 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)