The 10 Most Conservative Cities In Connecticut For 2024


The most conservative cities in Connecticut are Winsted and Oakville for 2024 based on Saturday Night Science.

Now that we’re headed towards the next big election, we wanted to get a better sense of what parts of Connecticut would be the most likely to back Donald Trump again.

Specifically, which cities have the highest number of conservative voters in the Constitution State?

To do so, we used Saturday Night Science to measure how each city in Connecticut with populations greater than 5,000 voted in past elections. The cities with the highest percentage of voters who voted Republican were named the most conservative cities in the state.


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The 10 most conservative places in Connecticut for 2024

  1. Winsted
  2. Oakville
  3. Torrington)
  4. New Milford
  5. Putnam
  6. Willimantic
  7. Storrs
  8. Rockville
  9. Middletown
  10. Portland

Most Conservative Cities In Connecticut Map

If you’re wondering, New Britain is the most liberal city in Connecticut of all those we measured.

And to be clear, we didn’t form this list based on our own biases — we relied on the cold hard data. For more on how we ran the numbers, keep on reading. Then we’ll take a closer look at each of our top 10 most conservative cities in Connecticut.

Additional reading about Connecticut and the most conservative places in the country:

The 10 Most Conservative Places In Connecticut For 2024

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Percent Republican: 51.7%
More on Winsted: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

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Percent Republican: 51.7%
More on Oakville: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

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Torrington, CT

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Percent Republican: 51.7%
More on Torrington: Real Estate

New Milford, CT

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Percent Republican: 51.7%
More on New Milford: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

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Percent Republican: 51.1%
More on Putnam: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Willimantic, CT

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Percent Republican: 51.1%
More on Willimantic: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Storrs, CT

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Percent Republican: 43.2%
More on Storrs: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Rockville, CT

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Overall SnackAbility

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Percent Republican: 43.2%
More on Rockville: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Middletown, CT

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Overall SnackAbility

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Percent Republican: 41.0%
More on Middletown: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

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Percent Republican: 41.0%
More on Portland: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

How we determined the most conservative cities in Connecticut for 2024

To find the most conservative places in Connecticut, we used Saturday Night Science – the argument you’d make at a bar – to find the cities with the most conservatives.

We started by making a list of every city in Connecticut over 5,000 people based on the 2018-2022 American Community Survey. That left us with 56 cities and towns.

We then measured the voting record and MIT election data to determine which places rock the most rightward in their allegiances by:

  1. Percentage Of Votes For The Republican President In 2020

Because no voting data exists at the city level, we used county-level election results from the 2020 election. We assigned every city in a county the percentage of votes that went to the Republicans, effectively extending the county’s results to the city level. In cases where larger cities encompassed an entire county, the election outcomes accurately reflected the city’s political landscape.

Next, we ranked each city from 1 to 56 for each criterion, where number one was the most conservative.

The winner, Winsted, is “The Most Conservative City in Connecticut For 2024”. The most liberal place in Connecticut was New Britain.

We updated this article for 2024. This report is our tenth time ranking the most conservative places to live in Connecticut.

Summing Up The Conservative Strongholds in Connecticut

Well, there you have it, the places in Connecticut that have the highest number of conservatives per capita, with Winsted ranking as the most conservative in the entire state.

The most conservative cities in Connecticut are Winsted, Oakville, Torrington, New Milford, Putnam, Willimantic, Storrs, Rockville, Middletown, and Portland.

If you’re curious, here are the least conservative cities in Connecticut:

  1. New Britain
  2. Simsbury Center
  3. Thompsonville

For more Connecticut reading, check out:

Most Conservative Places In Connecticut

Rank City Population % Conservative
1 Winsted, CT 6,880 51.7%
2 Oakville, CT 9,387 51.7%
3 Torrington, CT 35,510 51.7%
4 New Milford, CT 7,095 51.7%
5 Putnam, CT 7,207 51.1%
6 Willimantic, CT 17,762 51.1%
7 Storrs, CT 17,606 43.2%
8 Rockville, CT 6,951 43.2%
9 Middletown, CT 48,152 41.0%
10 Portland, CT 6,417 41.0%
11 Groton, CT 9,364 40.9%
12 New London, CT 27,596 40.9%
13 Pawcatuck, CT 5,570 40.9%
14 Norwich, CT 40,054 40.9%
15 East Haven, CT 27,871 40.6%
16 Cheshire Village, CT 5,879 40.6%
17 Naugatuck, CT 31,653 40.6%
18 Wallingford Center, CT 18,738 40.6%
19 New Haven, CT 135,736 40.6%
20 Derby, CT 12,373 40.6%
21 Ansonia, CT 18,954 40.6%
22 Branford Center, CT 6,201 40.6%
23 West Haven, CT 55,336 40.6%
24 Milford, CT 50,664 40.6%
25 North Haven, CT 24,179 40.6%
26 Meriden, CT 60,556 40.6%
27 Waterbury, CT 114,480 40.6%
28 Orange, CT 14,231 40.6%
29 Byram, CT 5,285 35.7%
30 Riverside, CT 9,093 35.7%
31 Bethel, CT 11,551 35.7%
32 Greenwich, CT 14,051 35.7%
33 Ridgefield, CT 7,655 35.7%
34 Norwalk, CT 91,050 35.7%
35 Shelton, CT 41,206 35.7%
36 Cos Cob, CT 7,243 35.7%
37 Bridgeport, CT 148,470 35.7%
38 Danbury, CT 86,456 35.7%
39 Stamford, CT 135,413 35.7%
40 Old Greenwich, CT 7,060 35.7%
41 Hartford, CT 121,057 35.4%
42 Newington, CT 30,458 35.4%
43 Southwood Acres, CT 7,928 35.4%
44 West Hartford, CT 64,088 35.4%
45 Wethersfield, CT 27,192 35.4%
46 Hazardville, CT 6,123 35.4%
47 Manchester, CT 37,015 35.4%
48 Sherwood Manor, CT 5,731 35.4%
49 Glastonbury Center, CT 7,959 35.4%
50 Bristol, CT 61,052 35.4%
51 Kensington, CT 9,580 35.4%
52 East Hartford, CT 50,942 35.4%
53 Windsor Locks, CT 12,563 35.4%
54 Thompsonville, CT 8,097 35.4%
55 Simsbury Center, CT 6,110 35.4%
56 New Britain, CT 74,212 35.4%
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