The small town of Hubbardton, VT is an idyllic place to live, nestled in the Green Mountains with a tight-knit community. Despite its relatively small population and rural charm, Hubbardton takes politics seriously. With local elections held yearly on Town Meeting Day, residents of Hubbardton actively engage in local politics to ensure their voices are heard. Many citizens are eager to participate in the democratic process, turning out in droves to cast their votes for local candidates every year. Issues range from school funding and transportation projects to zoning ordinances and development plans. Residents also keep informed about state and national politics as well, attending forums hosted by their representatives and taking part in rallies that support their favored candidates. The people of Hubbardton take pride in their ability to make a difference through the power of democracy.
The political climate in Hubbardton, VT is leaning conservative.
Rutland County, VT is somewhat liberal. In Rutland County, VT 53.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rutland county remained strongly Democratic, 53.7% to 43.2%.
Rutland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hubbardton, VT is leaning conservative.
Rutland County, Vermont is somewhat liberal.
Rutland Metro Area 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.
Hubbardton, 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 Hubbardton, VT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,540 contributions totaling $71,439 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 88 contributions totaling $4,659 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)