Norwich, Vermont is a small town in the Connecticut River Valley of Vermont. It is home to approximately 3,400 people, most of whom are involved in agriculture, forestry, or tourism. Politically speaking, Norwich is represented at the local level by a three-member Selectboard and Town Meeting Representatives from each of the five wards in town. The Selectboard works with residents on matters such as taxes, road maintenance, and other municipal services. At the state level, Norwich is represented in both the Vermont House and Senate by their elected representatives. In addition to traditional representative government at all levels of government, Norwich has an active civic engagement program that encourages citizens to take part in debates about public policy issues that affect their community. This includes hosting public forums for candidates running for office and providing resources to help inform voters about important issues facing Norwich and its surrounding towns.
The political climate in Norwich, VT is somewhat liberal.
Windsor County, VT is very liberal. In Windsor County, VT 67.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Windsor county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.9% to 28.9%.
Windsor county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Norwich, VT is somewhat liberal.
Windsor County, Vermont 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.
Norwich, 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 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 Norwich, VT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,549 contributions totaling $1,620,474 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 176 contributions totaling $48,558 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)