Bellows Falls, VT is a small suburban town with a population of 3,165 people. It has an active and engaged political culture, with local elections for the Selectboard taking place every year in March. Recently, the town held a special election to fill the seat of an outgoing board member. The election was hotly contested by several candidates who had local political experience and expertise on various issues. In addition to the work done by the Selectboard, Bellows Falls also has a Town Meeting which brings citizens together multiple times each year to discuss important issues and make decisions about the town's future. The Town Meeting is attended by many residents of Bellows Falls and serves as a platform for local activists to voice their opinions on matters that affect their community. Overall, politics in Bellows Falls, VT is an ongoing discussion between citizens, candidates, and elected officials that helps shape its future development.
The political climate in Bellows Falls, VT is moderately liberal.
Windham County, VT is very liberal. In Windham County, VT 72.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 24.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Windham county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.1% to 24.7%.
Windham county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bellows Falls, VT is moderately liberal.
Windham County, Vermont 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.
Bellows Falls, 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 Bellows Falls, VT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 785 contributions totaling $25,462 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $817 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)