Topsham is a small rural town located in central Vermont with a population of approximately 1,192 people. It has a Town Meeting form of government run by three elected officials: a Selectboard Chair, Selectboard Clerk/Treasurer and Moderator. The current Selectboard Chair is John Frye, the Clerk/Treasurer is Barbara Chesley and the Moderator is Bill Monette. While there are no local political candidates running in 05076 Topsham, VT at this time, residents of the town can get involved in politics by attending local Town Meetings to discuss issues affecting their community. Residents can also join various committees and groups to help shape discussions on important topics such as land use or taxation. By engaging with their local representatives and becoming more involved in their community鈥檚 political decisions, residents of Topsham can help ensure that their voices are heard and their opinions taken into account when making decisions that will affect them.
The political climate in Zip 05076 (Topsham, VT) is leaning liberal.
Orange County, VT is strongly liberal. In Orange County, VT 60.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.2% to 36.1%.
Orange county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 05076 (Topsham, VT) is leaning liberal.
Topsham, Vermont is leaning liberal.
Orange County, Vermont is strongly 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.
Topsham, 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 05076 (Topsham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $4,837 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $50 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)