Barnet, VT is a small town located in Caledonia County. With a population of just over 700, many residents take an active role in the local politics of 05821. Residents here have a strong sense of community and are passionate about protecting the unique character of the town. This passion has led to local initiatives such as creating new walking trails and running campaigns to make Barnet a more livable community. The area also elects representatives for important political positions like mayor or city council members, who act on behalf of their constituents. Overall, Barnet's politics reflect its small-town values with citizens actively engaging in local issues and making sure that their voice is heard by their elected officials.
The political climate in Zip 05821 (Barnet, VT) is leaning liberal.
Caledonia County, VT is somewhat liberal. In Caledonia County, VT 55.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Caledonia county remained very strongly Democratic, 55.7% to 40.5%.
Caledonia county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 05821 (Barnet, VT) is leaning liberal.
Barnet, Vermont is leaning liberal.
Caledonia County, Vermont is somewhat 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.
Barnet, Vermont: r 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 05821 (Barnet)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 460 contributions totaling $149,088 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $324 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $4,735 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $316 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)