Barnet, VT is a small town in Caledonia County with a population of just over 700 people. Despite its small size, Barnet is an active and engaged political community. The town has an elected Select Board which is responsible for the day-to-day functioning of the municipality. This board is elected every two years, and there are usually a few candidates who vie for the positions. Additionally, the citizens of Barnet participate in local, state, and federal elections as well. Every year residents will vote for things such as school board members, senators and representatives to Congress, and even President of the United States. The citizens of Barnet take their civic duty seriously and take part in all levels of politics.
The political climate in Barnet, VT is leaning conservative.
Caledonia County, VT is somewhat liberal. In Caledonia County, VT 55.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Caledonia county remained very strongly Democratic, 55.7% to 40.5%.
Caledonia county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Barnet, VT is leaning conservative.
Caledonia County, Vermont 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.
Barnet, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Barnet, VT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,234 contributions totaling $379,030 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 86 contributions totaling $17,890 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)