St. Johnsbury, Vermont is a small town located in Caledonia County with a population of around 7,000 people. The town is part of the Vermont House of Representatives district 2-2 and is represented by Republican Representative Linda Myers and Democrat Representative Mary Hooper. The town also elects a State Senator to represent them in the Vermont Senate – currently Democratic incumbent Senator Ruth Hardy holds this seat. On the local level, St. Johnsbury elects three members to the Town Selectboard with positions being non-partisan. The residents in St. Johnsbury have demonstrated their commitment to working together through these elected officials to make decisions that benefit the community and its residents, creating an environment supportive of growth and progress while maintaining respect for tradition.
The political climate in St. Johnsbury, VT is leaning liberal.
Caledonia County, VT is somewhat liberal. In Caledonia County, VT 55.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Caledonia county remained very strongly Democratic, 55.7% to 40.5%.
Caledonia county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Johnsbury, VT is leaning liberal.
Caledonia County, Vermont 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.
St. Johnsbury, 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 St. Johnsbury, VT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,816 contributions totaling $118,616 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 100 contributions totaling $16,130 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)