Brownsville, VT is the smallest town in the state of Vermont with a population of just over 200 people. The town's politics are based on citizen involvement and participation in local government. Local elections are held every two years, where citizens can vote for their Town Selectboard members as well as other local officials. The town also holds local meetings to discuss and address local issues that affect the community. Residents of Brownsville are strongly encouraged to participate in the local elections and share their opinions on important matters. There is no single political party that dominates the town, allowing for open debate and discussion on important topics. With such a small population, each individual resident has a much greater influence on the outcome of any given election or issue than they would have in larger municipalities.
The political climate in Zip 05037 (Brownsville, VT) is moderately liberal.
Windsor County, VT is very liberal. In Windsor County, VT 67.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Windsor county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.9% to 28.9%.
Windsor county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 05037 (Brownsville, VT) is moderately liberal.
Brownsville, Vermont is moderately liberal.
Windsor 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.
Brownsville, 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 05037 (Brownsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 174 contributions totaling $16,256 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $445 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $223 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)