The town of Wolcott, VT (05680) is a small rural town nestled in the western part of the state. It boasts a close-knit community and a lively political atmosphere. With its small population of just over 1,500 residents, it’s no wonder that local issues are so important to the people of Wolcott. Local politicians focus their attention on issues like education funding and infrastructure improvements, and organize public meetings to discuss the most pressing matters for their constituents. Every election season, candidates from both major parties come out to engage with citizens and make their case to be elected to office. From the local school board all the way up to state representatives, there is no shortage of political activity in Wolcott.
The political climate in Zip 05680 (Wolcott, VT) is somewhat liberal.
Lamoille County, VT is very liberal. In Lamoille County, VT 68.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 27.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lamoille county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.7% to 27.9%.
Lamoille county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 05680 (Wolcott, VT) is somewhat liberal.
Wolcott, Vermont is somewhat liberal.
Lamoille 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.
Wolcott, 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 05680 (Wolcott)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 558 contributions totaling $11,666 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $298 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)