Located in the Northeast region of Vermont, Randolph Center is a small town with a population of approximately 836 people. Despite its size, the citizens of Randolph Center are passionate about their local politics. Local elections are held each year and feature candidates from both major and minor political parties. The city council works hard to ensure that all residents' voices are heard, and regularly host public forums where citizens can express their opinions on important issues. Residents can get involved in their local government by attending meetings, participating in campaigns, and even running for office themselves. With its small size and rich political history, Randolph Center continues to provide a unique look into how democracy operates in rural America.
The political climate in Zip 05061 (Randolph Center, VT) is somewhat liberal.
Orange County, VT is strongly liberal. In Orange County, VT 60.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.2% to 36.1%.
Orange county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 05061 (Randolph Center, VT) is somewhat liberal.
Randolph Center, Vermont is somewhat liberal.
Orange County, Vermont is strongly 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.
Randolph 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 05061 (Randolph Center)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 356 contributions totaling $8,555 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $1,105 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $368 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)