Coventry, Vermont is a small town located in Orleans County. With a population of only around 1,000 people, the town is relatively quiet and peaceful. Politically speaking, Coventry is represented at the local level by their town selectboard and various committees that help manage the town's affairs. The selectboard is composed of five members who are elected to two-year terms by the townspeople on Town Meeting Day in March. Recently, they have been focused on addressing the need for new infrastructure such as roads and sidewalks as well as increasing public access to local parks and recreational areas. Additionally, Coventry has selectboard committees such as the Planning Commission which works to ensure development takes place in accordance with state statutes and regulations. Ultimately, Coventry's political system works hard to meet the needs of its residents while maintaining a healthy balance between progress and tradition.
The political climate in Coventry, VT is somewhat conservative.
Orleans County, VT is leaning liberal. In Orleans County, VT 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orleans county remained Democratic, 50.7% to 46.2%.
Orleans county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Coventry, VT is somewhat conservative.
Orleans County, Vermont is leaning 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.
Coventry, Vermont: r 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Coventry, VT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 353 contributions totaling $21,538 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $6,753 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)