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==Government== {| class=wikitable ! colspan = 6 | Voter registration and party enrollment as of October 31, 2024<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/sots/electionservices/2024/2024-registration-and-enrollment-statistics/2024_november_reg-party_enrollments.pdf?rev=6ea82a0b09e84203a63f918ff7741019&hash=CBA24E0CAAF8D5CB4062E3DE0BE6B6DA |title=Archived copy |access-date=January 5, 2025 |archive-date=January 20, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120110444/https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/sots/electionservices/2024/2024-registration-and-enrollment-statistics/2024_november_reg-party_enrollments.pdf?rev=6ea82a0b09e84203a63f918ff7741019&hash=CBA24E0CAAF8D5CB4062E3DE0BE6B6DA |url-status=live }}</ref> |- ! colspan = 2 | Party ! Active voters ! Inactive voters ! Total voters ! Percentage |- | {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | align="center" | 4,658 | align="center" | 352 | align="center" | 5,010 | align="center" | 32.66% |- | {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | align="center" | 3,509 | align="center" | 279 | align="center" | 3,788 | align="center" | 24.70% |- | {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}} | [[Independent voter|Unaffiliated]] | align = center | 5,805 | align = center | 497 | align = center | 6,302 | align = center | 41.09% |- | {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}} | Minor parties | align = center | 217 | align = center | 21 | align = center | 238 | align = center | 1.55% |- ! colspan = 2 | Total ! align = center | 14,189 ! align = center | 1,149 ! align = center | 15,338 ! align="center" | 100% |} Madison was once overwhelmingly Republican in federal elections. In [[1924 United States presidential election in Connecticut|1924]], a strong year for the GOP, town voters gave 85.83% to Republican [[Calvin Coolidge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://authoring.ct.gov/-/media/SOTS/ElectionServices/StatementOfVote_PDFs/1924SOVpdf.pdf?la=en |format=PDF |title=Statement of Vote General Election November 4, 1924 |publisher=United States Government |access-date=September 11, 2022}}</ref> The town voted against [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] in each of his successful campaigns.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://authoring.ct.gov/-/media/SOTS/ElectionServices/StatementOfVote_PDFs/1932SOVpdf.pdf?la=en |format=PDF |title=Statement of Vote General Election November 8, 1932 |publisher=United States Government |access-date=September 11, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://authoring.ct.gov/-/media/SOTS/ElectionServices/StatementOfVote_PDFs/1936SOVpdf.pdf?la=en |format=PDF |title=Statement of Vote General Election November 3, 1936 |publisher=United States Government |access-date=September 11, 2022 |archive-date=December 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217111537/https://authoring.ct.gov/-/media/SOTS/ElectionServices/StatementOfVote_PDFs/1936SOVpdf.pdf?la=en |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://authoring.ct.gov/-/media/SOTS/ElectionServices/StatementOfVote_PDFs/1940SOVpdf.pdf?la=en |format=PDF |title=Statement of Vote General Election November 5, 1940 |publisher=United States Government |access-date=September 11, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://authoring.ct.gov/-/media/SOTS/ElectionServices/StatementOfVote_PDFs/1944SOVpdf.pdf?la=en |format=PDF |title=Statement of Vote General Election November 7, 1944 |publisher=United States Government |access-date=September 11, 2022}}</ref> Even in [[1964 United States presidential election|1964]], a strong Democratic year, the town gave [[Barry Goldwater]] 1,605 votes against [[Lyndon Johnson]] with 1,470 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://authoring.ct.gov/-/media/SOTS/ElectionServices/StatementOfVote_PDFs/1964SOVpdf.pdf?la=en |format=PDF |title=Statement of Vote General Election November 3, 1964 |publisher=United States Government |access-date=September 11, 2022}}</ref> However, Madison residents have delivered Democratic wins in recent years. In the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 55.78% of the vote in Madison, winning against Republican [[John McCain]] with 43.25%.<ref>{{cite web| title=Connecticut Election 2008 - Presidential Results Margin of Victory |url=http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/election_2008/presidential_marg_of_vic.pdf|access-date=May 28, 2023|url-status=live|archive-date=May 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528134624/http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/election_2008/presidential_marg_of_vic.pdf}}</ref> This was the first time that the town had ever voted for a Democrat for president. In [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]], voters gave Democrat [[Hillary Clinton]] 54.5% of the vote, while Republican opponent [[Donald Trump]] won 41.3%<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/connecticut|title = Connecticut Election Results 2016|newspaper = The New York Times|date = August 2017}}</ref> Madison had more registered Democrats than Republicans for the first time in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/sots/electionservices/registration_and_enrollment_stats/nov19re.pdf?rev=a406ddf89f0f47d48615249272df6fe9&hash=A86360BC8654E5B7EF1BE9E1B42795EC |title=Archived copy |access-date=January 5, 2025 |archive-date=January 20, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120202516/https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/sots/electionservices/registration_and_enrollment_stats/nov19re.pdf?rev=a406ddf89f0f47d48615249272df6fe9&hash=A86360BC8654E5B7EF1BE9E1B42795EC |url-status=live }}</ref> In [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]], voters gave Democrat Joe Biden 53% of the vote, while Trump received only 37.3%.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Archive Center β’ Madison, CT β’ CivicEngage|url=https://www.madisonct.org/Archive.aspx?AMID=42|access-date=January 7, 2022|website=www.madisonct.org|archive-date=January 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107224609/https://www.madisonct.org/Archive.aspx?AMID=42|url-status=live}}</ref> Democrat [[Kamala Harris]] won the town with 61.4% of the vote in [[2024 United States presidential election|2024]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-17 |title=Connecticut President Election 2024 Live Results: Harris Wins |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/connecticut-president-results |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=www.nbcnews.com |language=en |archive-date=December 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241223120816/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/connecticut-president-results |url-status=live }}</ref>
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