The small town of Concord, VT (zip code 05824) is a rural community with a population of just under 500 people. Although it is small in size, the political landscape in Concord has significant impact upon the local residents. Primary elections are held annually to determine the Mayor and Town Selectboard members, as well as for other positions within the community. Recently, an important discussion on the town budget was held at the select board meeting, where several new initiatives were proposed to improve government services such as police and fire departments. At every election cycle, locals are encouraged to exercise their right to vote and participate in their local government. With such a small population, each individual vote can make a big impact on decisions made in Concord.
The political climate in Zip 05824 (Concord, VT) is somewhat conservative.
Essex County, VT is somewhat conservative. In Essex County, VT 42.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Essex county remained strongly Republican, 53.9% to 42.7%.
Essex county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 05824 (Concord, VT) is somewhat conservative.
Concord, Vermont is somewhat conservative.
Essex County, Vermont is somewhat conservative.
Berlin Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Concord, Vermont: R R D D R R
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 05824 (Concord)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 189 contributions totaling $19,816 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $4,866 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $374 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)