Fenwick, CT is a small town in Connecticut with a population of around 10,000 people. The town has a small yet active political scene, with the mayor and eight town council members governing the city. Every two years, local residents get the chance to elect their leaders as they go to the polls to vote for a mayor and who will fill the eight seats on the Fenwick Town Council. During election season, candidates from all political parties come together to campaign for office and voice their beliefs in order to get elected. Political forums are held throughout town allowing each candidate to answer questions from residents about their vision for Fenwick. Residents can also attend community meetings where issues are discussed and debated before being voted on by local officials. The politics of Fenwick are an important part of what makes this small town so special as it allows citizens to have their voices heard and have a say in how their city is managed.
The political climate in Fenwick, CT is leaning liberal.
Middlesex County, CT is moderately liberal. In Middlesex County, CT 57.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Middlesex county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.3% to 41.0%.
Middlesex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fenwick, CT is leaning liberal.
Middlesex County, Connecticut is moderately 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.
Fenwick, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Fenwick, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,852 contributions totaling $297,804 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 213 contributions totaling $26,607 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)