Stannard, Vermont is a small town located in the countryside of Vermont. Although it is a small town, politics are still an important part of life in Stannard. Every two years, the citizens of Stannard come together to decide on local political candidates who will represent and serve their constituents. The election season includes debates, town meetings, and campaigning from the different candidates. In addition, many issues that affect the lives of Stannard's residents are discussed throughout this process. During election time, citizens have a chance to get to know their prospective representatives and express their opinion about various issues that impact their day-to-day lives. Through these events and conversations, Stannard's citizens come together to make sure their voices are heard in the political process.
The political climate in Stannard, 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
Stannard, 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.
Stannard, 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 Stannard, VT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 272 contributions totaling $12,910 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $2,170 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)