Milton, Vermont (05468) is located in Chittenden County and is part of the Burlington-South Burlington metropolitan area. It is a small town with a cozy atmosphere and a friendly community. Politically, Milton is strongly Democratic, like most of Vermont. In the 2020 presidential election, Milton overwhelmingly voted for Joe Biden with 78% of the votes compared to 21% for President Donald Trump. This follows in line with statewide results that saw Biden winning 66% of the vote state-wide compared to 32% for Trump. Locally, Milton residents are represented by Senator Bernie Sanders along with representatives Peter Welch and Debbie Dingell in Congress. Many local politicians serve on various boards and committees to ensure the best interests of their constituents are being met.
The political climate in Zip 05468 (Milton, VT) is moderately liberal.
Chittenden County, VT is very liberal. In Chittenden County, VT 75.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 21.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chittenden county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 75.8% to 21.2%.
Chittenden county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 05468 (Milton, VT) is moderately liberal.
Milton, Vermont is moderately liberal.
Chittenden County, Vermont is very 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.
Milton, 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 05468 (Milton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,169 contributions totaling $54,463 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $8,012 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)