Windsor Locks is a small town in Connecticut with a population of around 12,500 people. It is governed by a Town Council, which consists of seven members who are elected to two-year terms. The Town Council meets on the first and third Thursday of every month at Windsor Locks Town Hall to discuss issues related to the town. Local political candidates in Windsor Locks include Republicans Tony Hall and Ray O’Brien, both running for re-election this year; Democrats Gail Burgess and Kevin Cunningham; and unaffiliated candidate Michael Bocchino. All of these candidates are committed to addressing the needs of the community and representing its citizens fairly across all issues.
The political climate in Zip 06096 (Windsor Locks, 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 06096 (Windsor Locks, CT) is moderately liberal.
Windsor Locks, 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.
Windsor Locks, 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 06096 (Windsor Locks)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 393 contributions totaling $16,303 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 111 contributions totaling $11,971 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)