Norwich, VT is a small town located in Windsor County, with a population of 3,414 according to the 2019 census. Politically, the town has been heavily Democratic for many years. The current mayor is Bernie Bueschel, who was elected in 2014 and reelected in 2018 with over 85% of the vote. Aside from the local mayor, Norwich is also represented at both the state and federal levels. In the Vermont Senate, district 5 which includes Norwich is represented by Dick McCormack and Alison Clarkson. At the federal level Norwich falls into Vermont's sole congressional district and is currently represented by Peter Welch in the United States Congress. Overall, Norwich remains a strongly Democratic community that places an emphasis on electing local officials that are supportive of progressive policies.
The political climate in Zip 05055 (Norwich, VT) is moderately liberal.
Windsor County, VT is very liberal. In Windsor County, VT 67.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Windsor county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.9% to 28.9%.
Windsor county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 05055 (Norwich, VT) is moderately liberal.
Norwich, Vermont is moderately liberal.
Windsor 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.
Norwich, 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 05055 (Norwich)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,492 contributions totaling $752,898 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 63 contributions totaling $18,707 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $297 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)