The politics of 06798 Woodbury, CT are focused on issues that affect the local community. There is a strong sense of civic engagement and involvement in local politics and decision making. Residents of the area take an active role in their city government by attending town meetings, voting in elections, and taking part in grassroots initiatives. The town has a mayor and selectmen who work together to ensure that the needs and concerns of all citizens are heard and addressed. Issues such as education, public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development, healthcare access, environmental protection, taxes, budgeting, and more are discussed at the local level. Local candidates for office also work hard to address these important issues and to ensure that residents have a voice in their government.
The political climate in Zip 06798 (Woodbury, CT) is leaning conservative.
Litchfield County, CT is leaning conservative. In Litchfield County, CT 46.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Litchfield county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 46.6%.
Litchfield county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 06798 (Woodbury, CT) is leaning conservative.
Woodbury, Connecticut is leaning conservative.
Litchfield County, Connecticut is leaning conservative.
Torrington Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Woodbury, Connecticut: d r d r R r
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 06798 (Woodbury)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,087 contributions totaling $135,225 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 135 contributions totaling $29,246 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)