The small town of West Wardsboro, Vermont (05360) has a population of just over 1,000 people and is a quiet community where local politics involves the basic issues that all small towns face. The town is divided into three wards and each ward is represented by two members at Town Meeting. The information regarding the local political candidates changes from year to year and depends on who decides to run for office. Currently, the town’s Board of Selectmen consists of five members who are elected for three-year terms. All citizens have the right to vote in elections and make their voices heard when it comes to local issues such as taxes, zoning laws, school budgets, public safety, and infrastructure needs. Residents also take part in town meetings held periodically throughout the year in order to discuss current issues or proposed changes to be made. This small but active community takes pride in its government and works hard to ensure that West Wardsboro remains an ideal place to live.
The political climate in Zip 05360 (West Wardsboro, VT) is moderately liberal.
Windham County, VT is very liberal. In Windham County, VT 72.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 24.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Windham county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.1% to 24.7%.
Windham county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 05360 (West Wardsboro, VT) is moderately liberal.
West Wardsboro, Vermont is moderately liberal.
Windham 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 Wardsboro, 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 05360 (West Wardsboro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $460 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $225 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)