The town of Swanton, Vermont (05488) is a small rural community located in the western part of the state. Swanton has a reputation for being an independent-minded and politically active community. With its vibrant local civic life, its locals take an active role in choosing their local leaders who are responsible for making decisions about the town's services, infrastructure, and overall governance. Local politics are often hotly contested as candidates from both major political parties compete for their constituents' support. During election season, there is usually lively debate on a variety of issues that affect the future of Swanton. From taxes to public works projects, local politicians try to make sure that their party's agenda will be implemented in order to best serve the needs of the townspeople.
The political climate in Zip 05488 (Swanton, VT) is leaning conservative.
Franklin County, VT is somewhat liberal. In Franklin County, VT 52.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained moderately Democratic, 52.7% to 43.6%.
Franklin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 05488 (Swanton, VT) is leaning conservative.
Swanton, Vermont is leaning conservative.
Franklin County, Vermont is somewhat liberal.
Burlington-South Burlington Metro Area is very 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.
Swanton, 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 05488 (Swanton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 169 contributions totaling $12,899 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $6,675 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $196 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)