The small town of Derby Line, VT (05830) is part of the larger Orleans County and is a quiet, rural community with approximately 1,500 residents. Politics in the area are managed by Orleans County government and have been for many years. Despite its small size, the town has a vibrant local political scene, with elected officials including a town clerk and selectboard members. These officials are elected from within the community to represent their constituents on issues that affect the town such as environmental regulations and zoning laws. The efforts of these locally elected officials help ensure that Derby Line remains an enjoyable place to live.
The political climate in Zip 05830 (Derby Line, VT) is leaning conservative.
Orleans County, VT is leaning liberal. In Orleans County, VT 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orleans county remained Democratic, 50.7% to 46.2%.
Orleans county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 05830 (Derby Line, VT) is leaning conservative.
Derby Line, Vermont is leaning conservative.
Orleans County, Vermont is leaning 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.
Derby Line, 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 05830 (Derby Line)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 129 contributions totaling $4,449 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $336 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $336 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)