The town of West Hartford, Vermont (zip code 05084) is governed by a selectboard, which consists of three members elected from within the community. The board meets weekly to discuss and decide upon the important issues that affect the day-to-day life of this rural Vermont town. In addition to the selectboard, West Hartford also has a Town Moderator, who presides over all town meetings and elections. These meetings provide citizens with an opportunity to voice their opinions on local issues and help shape the future of their community. Elections for local government positions are held in March every year, giving citizens a chance to vote for candidates of their choice. Candidates running for office often have platforms that reflect the values and interests of those living in West Hartford. In doing so, they work hard to ensure that residents’ voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 05084 (West Hartford, 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 05084 (West Hartford, VT) is moderately liberal.
West Hartford, 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.
West Hartford, 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 05084 (West Hartford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $3,725 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)