In the small town of Roxbury, Vermont, politics has long been a part of the town's history and identity. From electing local leaders to representing citizens in the state legislature, Roxburians have always been engaged with their local political scene. Local elections are often contentious with passionate debates on how best to move forward in various issues. Candidates come from all sorts of backgrounds and offer different visions on how to improve the lives of the people living in Roxbury. Civic participation is highly valued, and it’s not uncommon for a wide variety of candidates to make their case for why they should be elected. With so much at stake in each election, citizens take their voting responsibilities seriously as they look to support the candidate or party that best reflects their values.
The political climate in Roxbury, VT is leaning 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
Roxbury, VT is leaning 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.
Roxbury, 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 Roxbury, VT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,128 contributions totaling $98,990 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 176 contributions totaling $28,159 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)