New London, CT is a city with a strong political culture. The city has had a long history of active political engagement from residents, with a wide variety of local and national issues being debated and discussed. In the most recent election cycle, the Democratic Party held majority representation in both the mayor鈥檚 office and the City Council, with 2020 Democratic candidate for Governor Ned Lamont winning the mayor鈥檚 race. The City Council currently consists of nine members representing districts around New London, four of whom are Democrats and five Republicans. Local issues that have been discussed in recent years include growth in housing developments, public safety initiatives, infrastructure improvements, tax incentives for businesses, and transportation options. Despite their differences on some of these issues, the different political parties have worked together to ensure the continued success of New London.
The political climate in Zip 06320 (New London, CT) is moderately liberal.
New London County, CT is somewhat liberal. In New London County, CT 56.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, New London county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.9% to 40.9%.
New London county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 06320 (New London, CT) is moderately liberal.
New London, Connecticut is moderately liberal.
New London County, Connecticut is somewhat liberal.
Norwich-New London Metro Area is somewhat 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.
New London, 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 06320 (New London)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,121 contributions totaling $87,336 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 78 contributions totaling $18,358 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)