Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area is a vibrant community with many different facets. In terms of politics, the area is represented in the United States Congress by Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Peter Welch. The local government consists of mayors from both cities: Miro Weinberger for Burlington and Trevor Mallory for South Burlington. There are also several city councils that represent each respective city. On the state level, Governor Phil Scott and Lieutenant Governor David Zuckerman are responsible for managing the state of Vermont. The Vermont General Assembly is made up of 180 members representing all 14 counties throughout the state as well as many towns and cities including Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area.
The political climate in Burlington-South Burlington Metro Area is very liberal.
In Burlington-South Burlington Metro Area 70.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Burlington-South Burlington metro area remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.1% to 26.8%.
The Burlington-South Burlington metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Burlington-South Burlington Metro Area is very 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.
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont: 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Burlington-South Burlington Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 49,654 contributions totaling $3,827,851 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,771 contributions totaling $768,157 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $434 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)