Dorset leans Democratic by roughly 22 points: about 61% of voters vote Democratic and 39% 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 97% of adults in Dorset typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Dorset, ~59% vote Democratic, ~38% Republican, and ~3% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Dorset compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Dorset leans more Democratic than 71 of 85 neighbors.
Dorset runs about 11 points more Republican than Vermont as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Dorset. The north side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+25) and the west side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+13), a spread of about 12 points.
Why Dorset 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 Dorset, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 69% of adults in Dorset hold a bachelor's degree, about 40 points above the U.S. average of 28%.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Dorset, VT sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Dorset looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Dorset 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 71%, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 92% of households in Dorset own their home, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 99% of adults in Dorset have completed high school, above 98% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Freedleyville, VT D+24
- East Dorset, VT D+24
- Manchester Center, VT D+27
- Manchester, VT D+42
- West Rupert, VT Even
- North Dorset, VT D+32
- Pawlet, VT R+16
- Rupert, VT Even
- Danby, VT R+27
- Peru, VT D+35
Cities with Similar Populations
- Lomo, CA R+40
- Tuscola, MI R+42
- Forreston, IL R+42
- Hickory, LA R+70
- Subiaco, AR R+62
- Beallsville, OH R+67
- Leeds, ME R+37
- Scott, AR R+12
- Currie, NC R+12
- Hope, ME Even
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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.