New Haven, VT is a small town with a population of approximately 500 people. The town is largely known for its quaint charm and easygoing lifestyle. Politically speaking, New Haven has traditionally been a conservative-leaning community, with the majority of the citizens voting Republican in local elections. In recent years, however, the town's politics have become more varied as younger residents, who are more likely to lean towards progressive ideologies, have moved into the area. As such, there has been an increased presence of both Democrats and Republicans running for local office in recent years. As a result of this increased diversity in candidates and ideologies, New Haven is beginning to shift towards a more moderate form of politics that allows for healthy debate and collaboration between all sides.
The political climate in New Haven, VT is somewhat liberal.
Addison County, VT is very liberal. In Addison County, VT 68.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Addison county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.0% to 28.6%.
Addison county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Haven, VT is somewhat liberal.
Addison 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.
New Haven, 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 New Haven, VT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,945 contributions totaling $753,943 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 345 contributions totaling $64,575 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $187 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)