The town of New Haven, VT (05472) is a small rural community in the state's Addison County. It is home to around 1,400 residents who enjoy a peaceful atmosphere and the beauty of its surrounding landscape. The town is governed by a three-member Board of Selectmen which meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. in the Town Office Building. The Selectboard is responsible for making important policy decisions such as setting and approving the budget, establishing tax rates, providing public safety services, appointing town officers and committees, and more. Local elections are held every two years when citizens are able to vote for their preferred candidates for Town Clerk, Treasurer, Road Commissioner, and members of the Selectboard. Residents also have the opportunity to get involved in local politics by joining political committees or attending town hall meetings to voice their opinions on local issues.
The political climate in Zip 05472 (New Haven, VT) is moderately liberal.
Addison County, VT is very liberal. In Addison County, VT 68.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Addison county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.0% to 28.6%.
Addison county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 05472 (New Haven, VT) is moderately liberal.
New Haven, Vermont is moderately liberal.
Addison 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.
New Haven, 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 05472 (New Haven)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 220 contributions totaling $20,792 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $8,325 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $694 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)