Barre, VT is a city located in Washington County and is home to 9,052 people. The city has been served by many local politicians over the years who have worked to ensure that its citizens are provided the best living conditions possible. Currently, the mayor of Barre is Thomas Lauzon and the City Manager is Carl Rogers. There are several other local political candidates including William Campbell for City Council and Patrick Long for School Board. These candidates are dedicated to ensuring that Barre continues to be a great place to live, with strong public services available for its citizens.
The political climate in Barre, VT is moderately liberal.
Washington County, VT is very liberal. In Washington County, VT 71.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.3% to 25.3%.
Washington county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Barre, VT is moderately liberal.
Washington County, Vermont is very liberal.
Barre Metro Area 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.
Barre, 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 Barre, VT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 996 contributions totaling $54,762 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $38,950 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $433 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)