05737 Chittenden, VT is a small town located in Southern Vermont. It is home to a vibrant outdoor and rural community with many local businesses and farmers markets, as well as hiking trails and other recreational activities. Politics in 05737 Chittenden, VT are mainly run by the citizens of the town through Town Meeting where all registered voters vote on various matters of local government. The Town Meeting elects three Selectboard members and Town Clerk who serve up to three-year terms. In addition to these elected positions, there are also numerous committees that are formed to handle various town affairs such as budgeting, planning projects, developing policies, and managing town resources. Local candidates for office are usually nominated by citizens of 05737 Chittenden, VT or through campaigning efforts by political organizations or parties. Overall, politics in 05737 Chittenden, VT is largely focused on local issues that have direct impact on the day-to-day life of its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 05737 (Chittenden, VT) is leaning conservative.
Rutland County, VT is somewhat liberal. In Rutland County, VT 53.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rutland county remained strongly Democratic, 53.7% to 43.2%.
Rutland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 05737 (Chittenden, VT) is leaning conservative.
Chittenden, Vermont is leaning conservative.
Rutland County, Vermont is somewhat liberal.
Rutland Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Chittenden, 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 05737 (Chittenden)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 129 contributions totaling $7,003 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $125 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)