The small town of Chelsea, VT 05038 has a population of 1,154 according to the 2019 census data and is located in Orange County in the eastern part of the state. The politics of this quaint rural town are represented by several different local political candidates and offices. Currently, Representative Peter Welch serves as the U.S. Representative for the area, while Governor Phil Scott is the state's governor. At the local level, Chelsea is served by Senator Brian Campion and Representative Steven Hingtgen who represent the area in Vermont's legislature. With all of these representatives it is clear that Chelsea takes its politics seriously and strives to ensure that all voices are heard in their small but vibrant community.
The political climate in Zip 05038 (Chelsea, VT) is leaning liberal.
Orange County, VT is strongly liberal. In Orange County, VT 60.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.2% to 36.1%.
Orange county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 05038 (Chelsea, VT) is leaning liberal.
Chelsea, Vermont is leaning liberal.
Orange County, Vermont is strongly 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.
Chelsea, 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 05038 (Chelsea)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 199 contributions totaling $9,026 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $1,954 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)