Bethel, Connecticut is a small town located in Fairfield County. It serves as a residential community with many of its citizens commuting to larger cities for work. Despite its size, Bethel has an active and engaged political scene with both local and state representatives. Local elections provide a way for residents to have a direct say in how their community is run. Mayor MattKnickerbocker currently leads the town as part of the Democratic Party and works closely with the Board of Selectmen and other local boards and committees to ensure that Bethel meets the needs of its citizens. On the state level, State Representative Raghib Allie-Brennan, also affiliated with the Democratic Party, represents Bethel in Hartford. State Senator Will Haskell serves on several committees including Committee on Appropriations and Committee on Insurance & Real Estate. An active two-party system ensures that all voices are heard when making decisions about Bethel's future.
The political climate in Zip 06801 (Bethel, CT) is somewhat liberal.
Fairfield County, CT is strongly liberal. In Fairfield County, CT 62.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairfield county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.9% to 35.7%.
Fairfield county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 06801 (Bethel, CT) is somewhat liberal.
Bethel, Connecticut is somewhat liberal.
Fairfield County, Connecticut is strongly liberal.
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk 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.
Bethel, 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 06801 (Bethel)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,548 contributions totaling $68,146 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 182 contributions totaling $31,005 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)