The small town of Proctor, Vermont (05765) is an agricultural and rural region, with a population of just over 1,000 people. As a village within the larger town of Rutland, Proctor does not have its own political candidates or offices. Residents here instead rely on their elected representatives from Rutland in county, state and federal governments to represent their interests. The Rutland Town-wide School Board is responsible for most matters affecting education in the area, while the Vermont State Legislature handles things like budgets and laws. Taxation and other municipal affairs are handled at the county level by the Board of County Commissioners and the Board of Auditors. While Proctor may not have its own political candidates or offices, this small village is still very much involved in local politics through its participation in regional government bodies that serve all citizens in the area.
The political climate in Zip 05765 (Proctor, VT) is leaning liberal.
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 05765 (Proctor, VT) is leaning liberal.
Proctor, Vermont is leaning liberal.
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.
Proctor, 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 05765 (Proctor)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 49 contributions totaling $1,628 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)