The small town of 05826 Craftsbury, VT is home to a population of just over 1,000 people. The town is governed by a three-member Board of Selectman, who are elected from the local residents. Elections for the Board of Selectmen are held every two years. The Town Meeting is held in March each year, and it is here that residents come together to discuss and make decisions on topics such as local budgets and ordinances. Residents are also represented in the state government by their representative in the Vermont House of Representatives. Additionally, Craftsbury has a Town Planner, tasked with ensuring growth and development in the area while preserving the rural character of the community. With an engaged community focused on protecting their unique quality of life, 05826 Craftsbury, VT proudly maintains a strong political voice in both local and state government.
The political climate in Zip 05826 (Craftsbury, VT) is leaning conservative.
Orleans County, VT is leaning liberal. In Orleans County, VT 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orleans county remained Democratic, 50.7% to 46.2%.
Orleans county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 05826 (Craftsbury, VT) is leaning conservative.
Craftsbury, Vermont is leaning conservative.
Orleans County, Vermont is leaning 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.
Craftsbury, 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 05826 (Craftsbury)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 244 contributions totaling $6,111 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $660 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)