The small town of Waterbury Center, VT is an idyllic community located in the heart of Vermont. Politically, 05677 is mostly conservative with a few progressive voices that are often heard in local debates. There are no local political candidates as the area does not have its own municipal government. The closest cities for political representation would be Burlington and Montpelier, where citizens of 05677 could join their respective city councils or take part in state-level elections.
The political climate in Zip 05677 (Waterbury Center, VT) is moderately liberal.
Washington County, VT is very liberal. In Washington County, VT 71.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.3% to 25.3%.
Washington county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 05677 (Waterbury Center, VT) is moderately liberal.
Waterbury Center, Vermont is moderately liberal.
Washington County, Vermont is very liberal.
Barre 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.
Waterbury Center, 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 05677 (Waterbury Center)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 532 contributions totaling $39,205 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $8,751 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $350 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)