The town of Wolcott, Connecticut (06716), is a small community located in the northwestern part of the state. It is home to about 16,000 people and has been governed by a Town Council since 2000. The Town Council consists of seven members who are elected to two-year terms. The Council meets twice a month and serves as the legislative body for the town. During their meetings, they make decisions on all matters relating to the town's budget, infrastructure, public safety, and other important issues. They also appoint committees for specific tasks such as making recommendations on zoning changes or reviewing economic development projects. Additionally, the Town Council works with various local boards and commissions such as those responsible for planning and zoning, parks and recreation, transportation, health services, and more. With all these responsibilities combined, the Town Council plays an important role in ensuring Wolcott remains a great place to live and work.
The political climate in Zip 06716 (Wolcott, CT) is leaning 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 06716 (Wolcott, CT) is leaning liberal.
Wolcott, Connecticut is leaning 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.
Wolcott, 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 06716 (Wolcott)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 200 contributions totaling $22,472 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 113 contributions totaling $22,132 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $196 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)