Willington, CT is a small town in Tolland County with a population of roughly 5,000 people. Located near the University of Connecticut’s main campus, Willington has long been an area of great political importance to many in the state. The town has two representatives on the Connecticut Senate and four representatives on the Connecticut House of Representatives. All of these politicians serve their district and are dedicated to making sure that Willington's interests are represented at the state level. On local matters, Willington is served by a three person board of selectmen which enforces local ordinances and oversees municipal projects such as road repairs and infrastructure improvements. Additionally, there are Town Meetings every year where citizens get a chance to voice their opinions on issues that affect them. Overall, it is clear that Willington's politics are important to its citizens and they take pride in being involved in their community decisions.
The political climate in Zip 06279 (Willington, CT) is leaning liberal.
Tolland County, CT is somewhat liberal. In Tolland County, CT 54.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tolland county remained strongly Democratic, 54.7% to 43.2%.
Tolland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 06279 (Willington, CT) is leaning liberal.
Willington, Connecticut is leaning liberal.
Tolland County, Connecticut is somewhat 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.
Willington, 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 06279 (Willington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 477 contributions totaling $25,228 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 43 contributions totaling $6,605 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)