Bellows Falls leans Democratic by roughly 18 points: about 59% of voters vote Democratic and 41% Republican. These figures are model estimates: Vermont did not have precinct-level voting records available for training, so the numbers above come from demographic and health features rather than local ground truth.
About 72% of adults in Bellows Falls typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Bellows Falls, ~43% vote Democratic, ~30% Republican, and ~27% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Bellows Falls compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Bellows Falls leans more Democratic than 65 of 97 neighbors.
Bellows Falls runs about 15 points more Republican than Vermont as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Bellows Falls. The southwest side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+43) and the south side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+9), a spread of about 33 points.
Why Bellows Falls leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Bellows Falls, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 33% of adults in Bellows Falls hold a bachelor's degree, above 79% of cities. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 38% of adults in Bellows Falls have never been married, above 92% of cities.
Walkability and Democratic lean
Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Bellows Falls, VT sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Bellows Falls looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 98% of adults in Bellows Falls have completed high school, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- North Walpole, NH R+11
- North Westminster, VT D+20
- South Charlestown, NH R+30
- Saxtons River, VT D+37
- Drewsville, NH R+16
- Westminster, VT D+22
- Cambridgeport, VT D+29
- Langdon, NH R+27
- Walpole, NH R+12
Cities with Similar Populations
- Wilton, NH R+4
- Fordland, MO R+68
- Santa Rosa, TX R+10
- Brent, AL R+19
- Horse Cave, KY R+50
- Pennington Gap, VA R+58
- Roebling, NJ D+5
- Breckenridge, MN R+33
- Cockrell Hill, TX D+20
- Henning, TN R+33
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Vermont Secretary of State, Elections Division, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. VT did not have precinct-level voting records available for training, so the figures here come from extrapolation across demographic, health, and land-use features rather than local ground truth. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.