South Woodstock, VT (05071) is a small rural town located in Windsor County, nestled among the picturesque White Mountains and the Green Mountains. It has a rich history of folk music, small-town charm, and beautiful scenery. Politically speaking, South Woodstock is part of the larger Windsor district for both state and national elections, and tends to lean slightly to the left in terms of candidates elected. Most recently, the town voted to send Democrat Peter Welch to represent them in Washington D.C., while also electing Democrat David Zuckerman as their governor at home in Vermont. Both Welch and Zuckerman have brought a lot of focus on environmental issues important to South Woodstock residents; they are strong advocates for protecting public lands from development and improving air quality in the region. Furthermore, local activists have been instrumental in pushing for legislation that ensures fair wages for workers and support renewable energy initiatives. All this has helped make South Woodstock a great place to live, work, and be politically active!
The political climate in Zip 05071 (South Woodstock, VT) is moderately liberal.
Windsor County, VT is very liberal. In Windsor County, VT 67.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Windsor county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.9% to 28.9%.
Windsor county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 05071 (South Woodstock, VT) is moderately liberal.
South Woodstock, Vermont is moderately liberal.
Windsor County, Vermont is very 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.
South Woodstock, 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 05071 (South Woodstock)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 245 contributions totaling $20,997 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $21,055 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,914 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)