The politics in 05857 Newport Center, VT are reflective of the state as a whole. At the local level, voters are represented by a variety of elected officials representing different parties. Elections for local offices like town selectboards and school boards take place on a regular basis and offer an opportunity for citizens to have their voices heard on important issues facing the community. Voter registration is high in Newport Center, and civic participation often increases during times of major elections. The current governor of Vermont is Phil Scott, who was re-elected in November 2018. In addition to state-level offices, residents of 05857 can also vote for U.S. Representatives and Senators in the federal government as well as representatives from other levels of government such as county commissioners and state legislative bodies.
The political climate in Zip 05857 (Newport Center, 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 05857 (Newport Center, VT) is leaning conservative.
Newport Center, 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.
Newport Center, 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 05857 (Newport Center)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $5,113 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $1,095 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)