Editing New Haven County, Connecticut (section)

==Government and municipal services==
As of 1960, counties in Connecticut do not have any associated county government structure. All municipal services are provided by the towns. In order to address issues concerning more than one town, several regional agencies that help coordinate the towns for infrastructure, land use, and economic development concerns have been established. Within the geographical area of New Haven County, the regional agencies are:
*[http://www.scrcog.org/ South Central]
*[http://www.cogcnv.org/ Central Naugatuck Valley] (partly in Litchfield County)
*[http://www.valleycog.org/ The Valley] (partly in Fairfield County)

===Judicial===
The geographic area of the county is served by the three separate judicial districts: Ansonia-Milford, Waterbury, and New Haven. The Ansonia-Milford jurisdiction has two superior courthouses, one in Derby, the other in Milford. The Waterbury and New Haven judicial districts have superior courthouses located, respectively, in Waterbury, and New Haven.

===Law enforcement===
Law enforcement within the geographic area of the county is provided by the respective town police departments. Prior to 2000, a County Sheriff's Department existed for the purpose of executing judicial warrants, prisoner transport, and court security. These responsibilities have now been taken over by the [[Connecticut State Marshal System]].

===Fire protection===
Fire protection in the county is provided by the towns. Several towns also have [[special-purpose district|fire districts]] that provide services to a section of the town.

Founded in 1937, New Haven County has a county-wide fire-protection agency called "New Haven County Fire Emergency Plan" based in [[Hamden, Connecticut|Hamden]] to ''"Coordinate Mutual Aid - Radio Problems, assist members of county at major incidents if requested, provide training"''.<ref>[http://www.ct.gov/cfpc/cwp/view.asp?a=827&Q=245524&cfpcPNavCtr=|30661 CFPC: New Haven County Fire Emergency Plan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016201514/http://www.ct.gov/cfpc/cwp/view.asp?a=827&Q=245524&cfpcPNavCtr=%7C30661 |date=October 16, 2012 }}. Ct.gov (October 17, 2002). Retrieved on July 26, 2013.</ref>

===Water service===
Water service is provided by a regional non-profit public corporation known as the [[South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority]]. The Regional Water Authority supplies water to most of the towns within New Haven County, excluding the Waterbury area and the towns of Guilford and Madison. The Regional Water Authority is one of only two such county-wide public water service providers in the state.

===Politics===
As with most other Connecticut counties, New Haven County is a Democratic stronghold. The last Republican victory in New Haven County was [[George H.W. Bush]] in 1988. From the 1990s through 2012, the county increasingly trended Democratic, though since then it has become more competitive. Though he did not carry the county, Republican [[Donald Trump]] received over 40% of its vote in all three of his campaigns (2016, 2020 and 2024), a feat that Republican candidates had achieved only once in the previous six elections.
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{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|169,893|242,630|5,460|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|159,048|205,609|14,349|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|138,364|218,998|3,697|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|144,650|233,589|4,647|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|160,390|199,060|6,942|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|122,919|197,928|20,252|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|106,636|178,323|40,932|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|141,264|161,374|82,494|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|174,251|163,153|4,957|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|212,166|140,945|1,601|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|169,038|130,913|37,781|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|174,342|157,402|2,445|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|200,818|135,132|4,373|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|130,501|159,653|24,278|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|97,656|218,743|171|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|136,852|188,685|2|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|191,215|112,208|0|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|165,917|136,476|1,148|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|120,769|121,591|6,633|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|108,883|123,450|1,811|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|103,100|126,072|517|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|76,614|117,308|10,689|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|79,019|86,826|8,296|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|80,952|82,657|1,439|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|69,164|36,247|15,085|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|65,938|37,977|5,559|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|30,175|30,416|2,695|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|19,188|22,364|14,634|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|32,304|22,394|2,726|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|31,663|21,744|3,163|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|27,766|25,351|1,128|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|30,261|20,212|1,813|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|20,038|24,634|1,477|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|19,003|22,113|1,073|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1884|Democratic|16,303|19,341|1,046|Connecticut}}
{{PresRow|1880|Democratic|15,383|17,524|248|Connecticut}}
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