The city of Waterbury, Connecticut (06705) is home to a diverse population of over 110,000 people. The city is governed by a mayor-council structure with the current mayor Neil M. O'Leary. There is a 13 member Board of Aldermen which consists of 4 democratic and 9 republican members representing the 9 wards in the city. Additionally, there are numerous local politicians that serve on various boards and commissions throughout the city including the school board, planning & zoning commission, parks & recreation commission, fire commission and many others. Politically, Waterbury leans towards Democratic candidates in state and national elections but there have been Republican candidates who have been successful at garnering support from voters in the past. Recently, there has been an increase in activism among residents of Waterbury as more people become engaged with their local government to ensure their voices are heard on important issues facing the community such as education reform and public safety initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 06705 (Waterbury, CT) is somewhat liberal.
New Haven County, CT is moderately liberal. In New Haven County, CT 58.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, New Haven county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 40.6%.
New Haven county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 06705 (Waterbury, CT) is somewhat liberal.
Waterbury, Connecticut is somewhat liberal.
New Haven County, Connecticut is moderately liberal.
New Haven-Milford Metro Area is moderately 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.
Waterbury, 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 06705 (Waterbury)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 204 contributions totaling $15,930 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $2,010 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)