Bennington 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 68% of adults in Bennington typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Bennington, ~40% vote Democratic, ~28% Republican, and ~32% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Bennington compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Bennington leans more Democratic than 74 of 89 neighbors.
Bennington runs about 15 points more Republican than Vermont as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Bennington. The northwest side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+28) and the northeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+4), a spread of about 24 points.
Why Bennington 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 Bennington, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 35% of adults in Bennington hold a bachelor's degree, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 28%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 34% of adults in Bennington have never been married, above 85% of cities.
Population density and Democratic lean
Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Bennington, VT sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Bennington looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Bennington is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 65%, above 67% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Old Bennington, VT D+39
- North Bennington, VT D+32
- North Pownal, VT D+5
- Woodford, VT R+6
- Shaftsbury, VT D+2
- Pownal, VT R+10
- Hoosick, NY R+29
- Pownal Center, VT R+8
- Hoosick Falls, NY R+18
- North Petersburg, NY R+32
Cities with Similar Populations
- Borger, TX R+53
- Yorktown Heights, NY R+5
- Ogdensburg, NY R+19
- Winnetka, IL D+36
- Potsdam, NY D+15
- Cherryville, NC R+49
- Ridgefield Park, NJ D+7
- Silver Firs, WA D+9
- Warrior, AL R+75
- Winfield, IL D+6
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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.