Located in the picturesque Green Mountains of Vermont, Barre 05641 is a small town with a population of about 9,000 people. It is home to many cultural attractions and is a popular destination for tourists and locals alike. Politically, Barre 05641 is served by the Barre City Council, which consists of seven members elected from six wards within the city. The council's duties include enacting local laws and ordinances, approving annual budgets, allocating funding for public services, and setting policies that affect the entire community. They also manage finances and oversee development projects in order to ensure that Barre remains an attractive place for residents to live and work. Local elections are held every two years when citizens can cast their votes for the city council members who they feel will best represent their interests and those of their community at large.
The political climate in Zip 05641 (Barre, VT) is strongly liberal.
Washington County, VT is very liberal. In Washington County, VT 71.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.3% to 25.3%.
Washington county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 05641 (Barre, VT) is strongly liberal.
Barre, Vermont is strongly liberal.
Washington County, Vermont is very liberal.
Barre 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.
Barre, 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 05641 (Barre)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 996 contributions totaling $54,762 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $38,950 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $433 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)