Ryegate, VT is a small town located in the northeast corner of the state with a population of approximately 420 people. The town is governed by a three-member Board of Selectmen that oversee the day-to-day operations. These selectmen are elected to one year terms by the residents and are responsible for setting local laws and regulations, approving budgets, managing personnel, and other duties. As part of the local government, residents also elect other officials including representatives to the state legislature, judges, sheriffs, coroners and prosecutors. Local elections are held annually on Town Meeting Day in March where citizens can vote for their preferred candidates for each position. Politics in Ryegate is an important part of life as decisions made by these officials greatly impact how the town will operate in the future.
The political climate in Ryegate, VT is leaning conservative.
Caledonia County, VT is somewhat liberal. In Caledonia County, VT 55.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Caledonia county remained very strongly Democratic, 55.7% to 40.5%.
Caledonia county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ryegate, VT is leaning conservative.
Caledonia County, Vermont 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.
Ryegate, Vermont: r 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 Ryegate, VT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 822 contributions totaling $37,852 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $405 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)