West Hartford, CT is a diverse and vibrant town with a population of over 63,000. In terms of politics, the town consists of five districts at the local level and representatives from each district make up the Town Council. The Town Council is responsible for making decisions on policy related to the budget, taxation, economic development and more. Every two years the residents of West Hartford elect members from each district to serve as their representative in the Town Council. Notable current members include Mary Fay, Denise Hall and Leon Davidoff who have all served multiple terms on the council. At the state level, West Hartford residents are represented by Democrats John Larson (1st Congressional District), Chris Murphy (3rd Congressional District) and Joe Courtney (2nd Congressional District). West Hartford is also part of Connecticut’s 8th Senate District which is represented by Democrat Beth Bye. Overarching all levels of government in West Hartford is Mayor Shari Cantor who was elected to her third term in 2019.
The political climate in Zip 06117 (West Hartford, CT) is moderately liberal.
Hartford County, CT is strongly liberal. In Hartford County, CT 63.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hartford county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.1% to 35.4%.
Hartford county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 06117 (West Hartford, CT) is moderately liberal.
West Hartford, Connecticut is moderately liberal.
Hartford County, Connecticut is strongly liberal.
Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown 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.
West Hartford, 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 06117 (West Hartford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,569 contributions totaling $731,670 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 291 contributions totaling $149,176 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $513 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)