Arlington, VT (05250) is a small rural town in Bennington County, located away from the hustle and bustle of city life. Despite its small size, Arlington has an active local politics scene. Every two years, residents of Arlington go to the polls to elect their representatives to the Vermont State Legislature. Local issues like education, infrastructure and economic development are often discussed by these representatives. Additionally, there are a variety of other ways for citizens of Arlington to get involved in local politics such as attending public hearings and participating in town meetings. The political process here is vibrant and engaging as citizens work together to make decisions that affect their community.
The political climate in Zip 05250 (Arlington, VT) is somewhat liberal.
Bennington County, VT is strongly liberal. In Bennington County, VT 62.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bennington county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.1% to 34.8%.
Bennington county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 05250 (Arlington, VT) is somewhat liberal.
Arlington, Vermont is somewhat liberal.
Bennington County, Vermont is strongly liberal.
Bennington Metro Area is strongly 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.
Arlington, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 05250 (Arlington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,029 contributions totaling $40,989 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)