Politics in 06109 Wethersfield, CT are an important part of the community. The town is represented by various elected officials at the local, state and federal levels. At the local level, Wethersfield is served by a Town Council of nine members and a Town Manager. All candidates for Town Council must be residents of Wethersfield and serve a two-year term. Elections for Town Council take place every two years in November and council members may run for re-election to successive terms. At the state level, Wethersfield is served by Democratic State Senator Derek Slap, who was first elected to office in 2014, and Republican State Senator Matt Lesser, who was first elected in 2018. Both Senators are dedicated to representing the interests of their constituents in Wethersfield as well as the entire state of Connecticut. On the federal level, John B Larson represents Connecticut's First Congressional District, which includes Wethersfield and much of Hartford County. He has been serving Congress since 1990 and is currently a member of the House Ways & Means Committee. All three levels of government interact with each other to ensure that all citizens living in 06109 Wethersfield have access to quality services such as public safety, infrastructure improvements and educational opportunities.
The political climate in Zip 06109 (Wethersfield, 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 06109 (Wethersfield, CT) is moderately liberal.
Wethersfield, 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.
Wethersfield, 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 06109 (Wethersfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,658 contributions totaling $176,301 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 244 contributions totaling $60,784 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $249 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)