Pawlet, VT is a small town located in the scenic Green Mountains of Vermont. It is home to approximately 600 people who take pride in their small-town lifestyle and strong community spirit. Politically, the town tends to lean slightly left of center in their voting tendencies and has elected mostly Democratic candidates in recent elections. Local government consists of a three-member Board of Selectmen who are responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the town. Pawlet also holds annual Town Meeting where citizens can come together to decide how local tax dollars will be allocated. The town is also served by two state senators who represent the area at Vermont’s state legislature and whose decisions can have wide reaching implications on life in Pawlet. Over all, politics play an important role in Pawlet and its citizens actively engage with current events and discuss local issues amongst themselves.
The political climate in Zip 05761 (Pawlet, VT) is leaning conservative.
Rutland County, VT is somewhat liberal. In Rutland County, VT 53.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rutland county remained strongly Democratic, 53.7% to 43.2%.
Rutland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 05761 (Pawlet, VT) is leaning conservative.
Pawlet, Vermont is leaning conservative.
Rutland County, Vermont is somewhat liberal.
Rutland Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Pawlet, 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 05761 (Pawlet)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 514 contributions totaling $41,260 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $1,275 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)