The city of Rutland, VT (05701) is governed by an elected mayor and a 14-member Board of Alderman. The mayor, who serves as the chief executive of the municipality, is elected to 2-year terms while each member of the Board of Aldermen serve for a 4-year term. The mayor and board are responsible for setting policy for the city related to services, budgets, infrastructure investments, economic development initiatives, and other matters that affect Rutland’s citizens. Local elections take place in November every two years with citizens voting for both a mayor and members of the Board of Aldermen. In addition to local politics the citizens of Rutland also participate in state elections which determines who will represent their interests in Montpelier.
The political climate in Zip 05701 (Rutland, VT) is leaning liberal.
Rutland County, VT is somewhat liberal. In Rutland County, VT 53.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rutland county remained strongly Democratic, 53.7% to 43.2%.
Rutland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 05701 (Rutland, VT) is leaning liberal.
Rutland, Vermont is leaning liberal.
Rutland County, Vermont is somewhat liberal.
Rutland Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Rutland, 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 05701 (Rutland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,290 contributions totaling $89,820 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 111 contributions totaling $15,936 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)