This contrast creates a complex world for politicians to navigate.
Polo clubs rub elbows with the decayed city of Bridgeport.
Many district residents travel to jobs in New York City and Stamford, causing severe traffic problems on Interstate 95, already a congested route. Traffic issues permeate the public debate. Having failed to place welfare recipients in good jobs in the city, the government has alarmed some suburbanites by making moves to place workers in the affluent suburbs. The suburban elite are the driving force of the 4th's political landscape, giving the district more registered Republicans than any other in Connecticut. In 1996, the district had the lowest vote margin for Clinton in Connecticut.