The town of Colchester, VT is located just outside of Burlington in northwestern Vermont. While it may be a small town, its politics are still a major part of the community. With over 17,000 residents, Colchester is represented at the state and local level by several elected officials. Governor Phil Scott holds office in Montpelier, while State Senator Dick Mazza represents Colchester in Washington County's Senate District 6. At the local level, residents are represented by Town Meeting Representatives and Selectboard Members who work together to make decisions affecting the town as a whole. Additionally, Colchester also has representatives for Chittenden County’s House District 8 and Senate District 6. These political figures and decision-makers work together to ensure that the town runs efficiently and effectively for all its citizens.
The political climate in Colchester, VT is moderately liberal.
Chittenden County, VT is very liberal. In Chittenden County, VT 75.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 21.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chittenden county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 75.8% to 21.2%.
Chittenden county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Colchester, VT is moderately liberal.
Chittenden County, Vermont is very liberal.
Burlington-South Burlington 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.
Colchester, 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 Colchester, VT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,523 contributions totaling $406,709 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 334 contributions totaling $72,104 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)