East Dorset, VT is a small rural town located in the state of Vermont. With a population of just over 1,000 residents, East Dorset has a close-knit community that values its independence and local identity. Despite its small size, East Dorset’s political landscape is still active and vibrant. The town’s selectboard consists of three members who are elected to represent the community’s interests in local government affairs. This selectboard works alongside other organizations such as the Planning Commission and the Zoning Board to make decisions which affect the day-to-day life throughout the area. During election season, East Dorset residents take part in the voting process to decide on important topics such as taxes, education policy, infrastructure projects and more. A variety of local candidates have been campaigning to be elected into office here in 05253. In recent years there has been an increased focus on issues related to environmental sustainability within town politics, which reflects a growing emphasis on preserving nature and protecting natural resources from development for future generations.
The political climate in Zip 05253 (East Dorset, 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 05253 (East Dorset, VT) is somewhat liberal.
East Dorset, 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.
East Dorset, 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 05253 (East Dorset)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 218 contributions totaling $24,291 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)