The small town of 05455 Fairfield, Vermont is a rural community with an estimated population of 3,500 people. It is tucked away in the Green Mountains and has been home to generations of Vermonters. The townspeople are proud of their close-knit community and value their individual rights. Politically, 05455 Fairfield enjoys a fairly conservative stance on most issues. On the local level, candidates often run on platforms that focus on balancing the budget and keeping taxes low while ensuring necessary services are provided to residents. At the statewide level, members of both major parties have represented 05455 Fairfield in recent years, with an emphasis on preserving Vermont’s small-town values and promoting economic growth. The politics in 05455 Fairfield may be relatively conservative but it is clear that Vermonters take great pride in their hometowns and expect their elected officials to do what it takes to make sure future generations can enjoy living there as much as they do.
The political climate in Zip 05455 (Fairfield, VT) is leaning conservative.
Franklin County, VT is somewhat liberal. In Franklin County, VT 52.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained moderately Democratic, 52.7% to 43.6%.
Franklin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 05455 (Fairfield, VT) is leaning conservative.
Fairfield, Vermont is leaning conservative.
Franklin County, Vermont is somewhat liberal.
Burlington-South Burlington Metro Area is very 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.
Fairfield, 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 05455 (Fairfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 150 contributions totaling $4,146 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)