The city of West Haven, Connecticut is part of the greater New Haven area and has a population of approximately 54,000 people. It is an active political area with a number of local candidates vying for positions in the city council and mayor's office. Recent elections have seen a focus on issues involving economic development, infrastructure, and community safety. Candidates have presented their views on how to best implement these initiatives in order to improve the quality of life for citizens. For example, some candidates are looking to create incentives for businesses to open shop in West Haven and bring investment into the community. Others are proposing ways to reduce crime rates and increase access to public transportation and other resources that benefit families living in the area. West Haven residents take part in politics by voting in local elections and engaging with their elected officials about the issues that matter most to them.
The political climate in Zip 06516 (West Haven, 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 06516 (West Haven, CT) is somewhat liberal.
West Haven, 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.
West Haven, 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 06516 (West Haven)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,311 contributions totaling $154,150 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 184 contributions totaling $25,144 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)