The small town of Derby, VT (05829) is a close-knit community focused on local politics. Due to its population size of approximately 3,500 people, the town operates with an open-town meeting form of government. This means that all decisions concerning the town are voted on by the citizens in attendance at the annual town meetings. During these meetings, local residents discuss and vote on important matters such as budgeting, public safety initiatives, education policy and property taxes. Furthermore, local elections are held every two years to choose selectboard members who represent various parts of the community. These selectboard members serve for two year terms and have significant authority over day-to-day operations within their respective districts. It is through this process that Derby is able to maintain its identity and take part in decisions that shape their hometown's future.
The political climate in Zip 05829 (Derby, 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 05829 (Derby, VT) is leaning conservative.
Derby, 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.
Derby, 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 05829 (Derby)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 130 contributions totaling $5,557 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $1,118 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)