Thomaston, CT is a small town located in Litchfield County. It has a long history of involvement in local politics and civic life. One of its most prominent figures was former Governor John Davis Lodge, who served from 1951 to 1955 as the state’s top elected official. The town has also been represented by some of Connecticut’s most respected leaders in the state legislature, such as William A. O’Neill, who served as Speaker of the House from 1983 to 1987 and was later elevated to the position of Lieutenant Governor. Today, Thomaston is represented by State Senator Craig Miner and State Representatives Nicole Klarides-Ditria and Jay Case in the General Assembly. Local political candidates are regularly chosen by residents of Thomaston to represent them on various boards and commissions at the local level.
The political climate in Zip 06787 (Thomaston, CT) is leaning conservative.
Litchfield County, CT is leaning conservative. In Litchfield County, CT 46.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Litchfield county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 46.6%.
Litchfield county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 06787 (Thomaston, CT) is leaning conservative.
Thomaston, Connecticut is leaning conservative.
Litchfield County, Connecticut is leaning conservative.
Torrington Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Thomaston, Connecticut: d r d r 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 06787 (Thomaston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 139 contributions totaling $8,619 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 73 contributions totaling $8,405 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)