Cabot leans Democratic by roughly 16 points: about 58% of voters vote Democratic and 42% 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 75% of adults in Cabot typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cabot, ~43% vote Democratic, ~32% Republican, and ~25% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Cabot compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Cabot leans more Democratic than 73 of 94 neighbors.
Cabot runs about 16 points more Republican than Vermont as a whole.
Why Cabot 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 Cabot, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 44% of adults in Cabot hold a bachelor's degree, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 28%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 33% of adults in Cabot have never been married, above 83% of cities.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with high-school-completion-heavy adults tend to turn out at a higher rate; Cabot, VT sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Cabot looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 97% of adults in Cabot have completed high school, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Lower Cabot, VT D+18
- East Cabot, VT D+18
- Marshfield, VT D+12
- West Danville, VT R+7
- South Walden, VT R+9
- East Calais, VT D+18
- Peacham, VT D+7
- Mackville, VT R+21
- Woodbury, VT D+11
- Hardwick, VT R+19
Cities with Similar Populations
- Forksville, LA R+83
- Horntown, VA R+28
- Downing, WI R+41
- Parmelee, SD D+58
- Oakhurst, OK R+42
- Snook, TX R+47
- Branch, MI R+35
- Knollwood Village, OH R+44
- Hebron, ND R+70
- Dixie, GA R+11
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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.