The small town of 05647 Cabot, VT is a remote, rural area with a population of fewer than 1,400 people. Politically, the area is represented by both local and state elected officials. At the local level, citizens can vote for their Town Clerk/Treasurer and Councilors as well as three Trustees for each district. At the state level, Vermont's two U.S senators serve all towns across the state and are currently Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders. The sole House Representative for 05647 Cabot is Peter Welch who serves in Washington D.C. The Vermont legislature consists of 30 senators from 13 districts across the state and 150 representatives from 30 districts including Cabot. Overseeing all levels of government is Governor Phil Scott who was last elected in November 2018 but faces reelection this November 2020.
The political climate in Zip 05647 (Cabot, VT) is moderately liberal.
Washington County, VT is very liberal. In Washington County, VT 71.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.3% to 25.3%.
Washington county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 05647 (Cabot, VT) is moderately liberal.
Cabot, Vermont is moderately liberal.
Washington County, Vermont is very liberal.
Barre Metro Area is very 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.
Cabot, 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 05647 (Cabot)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 127 contributions totaling $13,876 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)