The small town of Williamstown, VT, is located in the rural countryside of Vermont. With a population of just over 500, it is a tight-knit community that is passionate about its politics. Every four years the townspeople come out to vote for their local political candidates, who they believe will best represent their interests. These candidates often come from within the town and commonly include members of the school board, selectboard members and other local leaders. The residents are dedicated to ensuring that their voices are heard and that the laws passed in Williamstown reflect their values and beliefs. They strongly support open dialogue when it comes to discussing issues related to education, taxes and public safety. It's no surprise that political discussions among the citizens can be lively and full of passion!
The political climate in Zip 05679 (Williamstown, 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 05679 (Williamstown, VT) is leaning liberal.
Williamstown, 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.
Williamstown, 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 05679 (Williamstown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $2,117 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 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)