Sutton, Vermont is a small rural town located in Caledonia County. With a population of just over 1000 people, it is a tight-knit community where people care for one another and look out for their neighbors. The local politics in Sutton are focused on providing services to the citizens so that the town can continue to thrive. City officials look to prioritize initiatives such as road improvements, school district funding, and community development. Local businesses work with city officials to ensure that they remain viable and provide needed services to the community. In addition, locals are encouraged to get involved with the political process by attending town meetings and voting in local elections. By doing so, everyone can have a say in how their town is governed and help shape its future.
The political climate in Sutton, 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
Sutton, 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.
Sutton, 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 Sutton, VT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 200 contributions totaling $10,857 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $2,050 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $228 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)