The small town of North Pownal, Vermont (05260) is a unique place with a locally focused political atmosphere. While the town does not have any local candidates running for office, the citizens take an active role in determining who will represent them in higher offices. Every election cycle, people from 05260 come out to vote and make sure their voices are heard on both state and federal issues. With its quaint atmosphere, North Pownal is a friendly place where politics can be discussed freely and openly. Residents take an active role in staying informed about current events, attending town meetings and voicing their opinions on issues that affect them directly. Although there are no local candidates to campaign for in North Pownal, the community has a strong sense of civic duty when it comes to voting for state and federal candidates.
The political climate in Zip 05260 (North Pownal, VT) is somewhat liberal.
Bennington County, VT is strongly liberal. In Bennington County, VT 62.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bennington county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.1% to 34.8%.
Bennington county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 05260 (North Pownal, VT) is somewhat liberal.
North Pownal, Vermont is somewhat liberal.
Bennington County, Vermont is strongly liberal.
Bennington Metro Area is strongly 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.
North Pownal, 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 05260 (North Pownal)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 115 contributions totaling $65,030 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $565 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $5,170 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $739 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)