Salmon Brook, CT is a small town located in the northeast corner of the state. It is known for its vibrant community and local culture that centers around outdoor recreation, farmers markets, and small businesses. Politically, Salmon Brook has a strong Democratic lean with an active local Democratic party. In recent years, they have put forward several candidates for various local offices such as Town Council, Board of Education, and Tax Collector. Many of these candidates come from long-standing families in Salmon Brook who have deep roots in the community and a vested interest in seeing it thrive. The local Democratic party has placed an emphasis on issues such as environmental protection, education funding, economic development, and public safety which are all important to the citizens of Salmon Brook.
The political climate in Salmon Brook, CT is somewhat 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
Salmon Brook, CT is somewhat 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.
Salmon Brook, 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 Salmon Brook, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 378 contributions totaling $43,357 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $13,856 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $289 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)