The city of Waterbury, CT is a diverse and vibrant community in the state of Connecticut, located in New Haven County. It has been a major industrial center since the early 19th century and is now home to over 110,000 residents. The city has a long history of political activism and engagement which continues to this day. Every four years local voters get the opportunity to elect representatives from their district to represent them in office such as mayor, city council members, school board members, legislators and other government officials. These elected officials are responsible for making decisions that affect all aspects of life in Waterbury from taxation and public health to infrastructure development and safety. In addition, citizens of Waterbury often take part in many different kinds of political campaigns such as ballot initiatives or special legislative sessions. All these activities contribute to the overall health and development of Waterbury's political climate and give citizens a chance to have their voices heard.
The political climate in Zip 06708 (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 06708 (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 06708 (Waterbury)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 576 contributions totaling $47,643 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 93 contributions totaling $15,064 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)