The town of Plainfield, VT is a small but vibrant community nestled in the Green Mountains. Politically, the town leans slightly left-of-center with its population mostly comprised of Democrats and progressive Independents. Plainfield has its own locally elected selectboard and town council which have members from all political parties. This local government is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the town and making sure it remains a great place to live for all its residents. The town also works closely with the State of Vermont for major issues and initiatives that affect Plainfield and its citizens. Overall, politics in Plainfield are important to its residents, however they remain relatively unified behind shared values such as protecting their environment and taking care of one another.
The political climate in Plainfield, VT is somewhat 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
Plainfield, VT is somewhat 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.
Plainfield, 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 Plainfield, VT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,100 contributions totaling $140,540 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $770 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)