The town of Somers, CT, located in the southern part of the state near the Massachusetts border, is a small community with a population of about 11,000 people. Despite its size, the town is very politically active and has an engaged electorate that takes pride in their local government. Each year residents of Somers vote for their representatives to serve on the Town Council and Board of Education. These elected officials set forth policies that shape the future of the town and are held accountable by their constituents. Additionally, Somers participates in county, state-wide, and national elections which allows residents to take part in larger conversations regarding regional and national politics.
The political climate in Zip 06071 (Somers, CT) is leaning liberal.
Tolland County, CT is somewhat liberal. In Tolland County, CT 54.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tolland county remained strongly Democratic, 54.7% to 43.2%.
Tolland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 06071 (Somers, CT) is leaning liberal.
Somers, Connecticut is leaning liberal.
Tolland County, Connecticut is somewhat 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.
Somers, 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 06071 (Somers)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 529 contributions totaling $60,208 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $26,733 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $377 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)