Pittsford, VT is a small rural town in Rutland County. Although it is a smaller community, it is still an important part of the state's political landscape. The town is represented in the Vermont Legislature by State Senator Barbara Zonay and State Representative Rachel Fields. In addition to these representatives, several local political parties have candidates that are elected to office in Pittsford. The Pittsford Republican Party works to promote conservative values and is active in local campaigns while the Progressive Party works towards keeping liberal ideals alive. Other smaller groups, such as the Libertarian and Green parties, also have candidates that work hard to bring different views and opinions to the table when discussing issues that affect Pittsford and its citizens.
The political climate in Pittsford, VT is leaning conservative.
Rutland County, VT is somewhat liberal. In Rutland County, VT 53.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rutland county remained strongly Democratic, 53.7% to 43.2%.
Rutland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pittsford, VT is leaning conservative.
Rutland County, Vermont is somewhat liberal.
Rutland Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Pittsford, 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 Pittsford, VT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,071 contributions totaling $152,228 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 211 contributions totaling $32,154 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)