The small town of 05675 Washington, VT is a picturesque rural community nestled in the Green Mountains. The politics of the town are reflective of its rural nature and tendency to support traditional values. The local government is comprised of citizen volunteers who serve on the Town Selectboard and Town School Board. The Selectboard governs the day-to-day operations of the town, while the School Board oversees the educational system. Elections for these positions are held every two years, with voters selecting candidates from a variety of backgrounds and political views. In recent years, elections have been highly contested due to a wide range of views on how best to manage the town's resources and address local issues such as education funding and infrastructure development. Though there are often disagreements between candidates, most understand that working together in a spirit of cooperation is necessary in order to maintain harmony in this small community.
The political climate in Zip 05675 (Washington, VT) is leaning 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 05675 (Washington, VT) is leaning liberal.
Washington, Vermont is leaning 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.
Washington, 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 05675 (Washington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 225 contributions totaling $15,137 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $1,084 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)