The town of Peru, Vermont is a small rural community located in the northeast region of the United States with a population of around 1,117 people according to the most recent census. The political atmosphere is mainly dominated by the Republican Party with several local candidates running for office. In presidential elections, Peru usually votes for Republican candidates, although independent and third-party candidates have received some support as well. On the state level, many local legislators from Peru are Republicans as well. Education and economic development are important issues for Peru residents, and local leaders work hard to ensure that everyone has access to quality education and job opportunities. Overall, politics in 05152 Peru, VT are centered around conservative ideals that focus on fiscal responsibility and individual freedom.
The political climate in Zip 05152 (Peru, 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 05152 (Peru, VT) is somewhat liberal.
Peru, 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.
Peru, 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 05152 (Peru)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 348 contributions totaling $54,097 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $460 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)