St. Johnsbury, VT (05819) is a small town located in the northeastern part of the state. The town is primarily residential, with a few businesses and restaurants scattered throughout the area. Politically, St. Johnsbury is represented in the Vermont State Legislature by Representative James Masland (D), who has served since 2009. The town also has various local political committees and boards that work to ensure the best interests of the community are being met. The events surrounding local politics can vary from year to year, but typically focus on issues of taxes, public safety, infrastructure development, and other important topics to residents of St. Johnsbury.
The political climate in Zip 05819 (St. Johnsbury, VT) is leaning liberal.
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
Zip 05819 (St. Johnsbury, VT) is leaning liberal.
St. Johnsbury, Vermont is leaning liberal.
Caledonia County, Vermont is somewhat 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.
St. Johnsbury, 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 05819 (St. Johnsbury)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 908 contributions totaling $59,308 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $8,065 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)