The politics in Weston, Vermont are governed by a Board of Selectmen, who regulate the local laws and ordinances. The board consists of five members who are elected to serve two-year terms. A Town Meeting is held annually to vote on town issues, with registered voters from Weston having the right to participate. The town's legislative body is the State Legislature, which is composed of representatives from all 14 counties in Vermont. They pass state laws that affect every municipality in the state. Local elections are held on the first Tuesday of every March, where citizens have the chance to cast their votes for candidates running for County Sheriff and County Clerk offices. Voter turnout overall is usually very high as Weston residents take an active role in making decisions regarding their community.
The political climate in Weston, VT is somewhat liberal.
Windsor County, VT is very liberal. In Windsor County, VT 67.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Windsor county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.9% to 28.9%.
Windsor county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Weston, VT is somewhat liberal.
Windsor 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.
Weston, 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 Weston, VT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 689 contributions totaling $60,396 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $1,135 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)