Stratford, Connecticut is a town located in Fairfield County that has a population of around 51,384 people. The politics of Stratford are largely based on the Democratic Party being that the majority of residents identify as Democrats. This is reflected in local elections where Democratic candidates have historically had more success than their Republican counterparts. Stratford has been represented by Democrats in the United States House of Representatives and Senate for decades. Local politics also tend to be dominated by Democrats who often gain control over most city council positions. Stratford's Mayor is Democrat Laura Hoydick who was elected in 2017 and has since worked to ensure that the city invests its resources wisely while ensuring transparency and accountability within government.
The political climate in Zip 06614 (Stratford, CT) is moderately 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 06614 (Stratford, CT) is moderately liberal.
Stratford, Connecticut is moderately 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.
Stratford, 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 06614 (Stratford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,548 contributions totaling $220,087 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 319 contributions totaling $37,185 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)