Downers is a true toss-up. About 51% of voters here vote Democratic and 49% 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 Downers typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Downers, ~35% vote Democratic, ~33% Republican, and ~32% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Downers compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Downers sits roughly in the middle of the political spectrum, with 45 neighbors leaning further in the place's direction and 56 leaning the other way.
Downers runs about 31 points more Republican than Vermont as a whole.
Why Downers leans the way it does
Density, race composition, education, and family structure all sit close to their national averages in Downers. None of them point strongly toward either party.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Downers, VT sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Downers looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Downers 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 67%, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Perkinsville, VT D+2
- Ascutney, VT D+22
- North Springfield, VT R+11
- Cavendish, VT Even
- Weathersfield Bow, VT Even
- Brownsville, VT D+34
- Proctorsville, VT R+3
- Gassetts, VT R+9
- Reading, VT D+27
- Springfield, VT R+9
Cities with Similar Populations
- East Juliette, GA R+53
- West Hamilton, KS R+74
- Diamondtown, PA R+46
- Dykesville, LA R+63
- Mont Ida, KS R+68
- Akaska, SD R+79
- Shingler, GA R+61
- Winter Haven, TX D+7
- Satin, TX R+68
- Sugartree, MO R+69
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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.