Randolph, VT is a small community of roughly 5,000 citizens located in the Central Vermont region. This town has a long history of involvement in local politics and continues to be an active participant in state-wide political issues and debates. Randolph is proud of its commitment to civic engagement with the local government striving to provide quality services to its residents while ensuring fiscal responsibility with public funds. There are several local organizations dedicated to promoting civic actions such as voter registration drives, community forums, and other initiatives focused on increasing awareness about pressing political issues facing Randolph and surrounding towns. Local residents can stay informed about the current political climate through various media outlets such as newspapers, radio programs, social media sites, blogs, and news websites that feature coverage related to the current state of affairs in Randolph and beyond.
The political climate in Randolph, VT is leaning liberal.
Orange County, VT is strongly liberal. In Orange County, VT 60.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.2% to 36.1%.
Orange county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Randolph, VT is leaning liberal.
Orange County, Vermont is strongly 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.
Randolph, 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 Randolph, VT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,314 contributions totaling $157,360 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 230 contributions totaling $34,167 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)