Newport, Vermont is a small town with a population of around 4,500 people. It is located in the beautiful northern part of the state and has a rich history that dates back to 1763. Politically, Newport is part of Orleans County and is represented by various political offices at both the county and state level. At the local level, those elected officials include mayors, selectboards, and school boards who are responsible for enacting local laws and regulations. The residents of Newport have access to various opportunities to get involved in their government through voting or attending meetings and voicing their opinions on important issues. Additionally, there are many opportunities to become educated on local politics through public forums hosted by various organizations as well as engaging with representatives from their district through social media or phone calls. All of these serve to ensure that the citizens of Newport have their voices heard by their elected officials and can make an impact on important issues that affect them locally.
The political climate in Newport, VT is leaning liberal.
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
Newport, VT is leaning liberal.
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.
Newport, 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 Newport, VT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 315 contributions totaling $15,966 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $5,433 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)