The small town of Jamaica, VT (zip code 05343) is a rural community in Windham County. With a population of just over 1,000 residents, the area is known for its rolling green landscape and picturesque views of the Green Mountains. The town is served by local government officials who are dedicated to providing quality services to the residents. The Jamaica Selectboard serves as the legislative body of the town and looks after the day-to-day operations and municipal activities. The board is composed of five members who are elected by popular vote every two years. Elections take place during Town Meeting Day in March, when candidates running for office must make their case to voters. Despite its small size, Jamaica takes its politics seriously and has seen a variety of perspectives represented on the Selectboard over time.
The political climate in Zip 05343 (Jamaica, VT) is moderately liberal.
Windham County, VT is very liberal. In Windham County, VT 72.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 24.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Windham county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.1% to 24.7%.
Windham county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 05343 (Jamaica, VT) is moderately liberal.
Jamaica, Vermont is moderately liberal.
Windham County, Vermont is very liberal.
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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.
Jamaica, 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 05343 (Jamaica)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $5,416 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)