Arlington, VT is a small town located in the state of Vermont, known for its beautiful landscape and picturesque mountains. Politically, Arlington is an independent town that operates under a representative town meeting system. This means that residents of Arlington can elect representatives to represent them at Town Meeting, who will vote on local issues like taxes, budgets, zoning ordinances, and other matters related to the town. There are several political parties active in Arlington, including the Democratic Party, Republican Party, and Libertarian Party. Each political party has its own set of beliefs and values that they bring to the table when it comes to local politics. Furthermore, local elections are held every two years in Arlington for offices such as select board members or school board members. Overall, Arlington residents are politically engaged citizens who desire to have their voices heard and work together to create meaningful change within their community.
The political climate in Arlington, VT is leaning liberal.
Bennington County, VT is strongly liberal. In Bennington County, VT 62.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bennington county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.1% to 34.8%.
Bennington county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Arlington, VT is leaning liberal.
Bennington County, Vermont is strongly liberal.
Bennington Metro Area 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.
Arlington, 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 Arlington, VT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,058 contributions totaling $81,978 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)