Fair Haven leans Republican by roughly 26 points: about 37% of voters vote Democratic and 63% 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 Fair Haven typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Fair Haven, ~28% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~24% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Fair Haven compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Fair Haven leans more Republican than 65 of 86 neighbors.
Fair Haven runs about 58 points more Republican than Vermont as a whole. Vermont leans Democratic overall, while Fair Haven is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Fair Haven. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+27) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+10), a spread of about 17 points.
Why Fair Haven 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 Fair Haven, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Fair Haven votes against the grain of Vermont. Vermont leans Democratic overall, while Fair Haven runs about 58 points more Republican.
Walkability and Democratic lean
Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Fair Haven, 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 Fair Haven looks the way it does
Turnout in Fair Haven sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Hydeville, VT R+22
- West Castleton, VT R+22
- Bomoseen, VT R+10
- Low Hampton, NY R+43
- Castleton, VT R+10
- West Haven, VT R+26
- Poultney, VT R+19
- East Hubbardton, VT R+14
- Benson, VT R+24
- Hampton, NY R+42
Cities with Similar Populations
- Robersonville, NC D+23
- Sugar City, ID R+59
- Sherrill, NY R+4
- Parkman, OH R+58
- Swift Trail Junction, AZ R+55
- Laporte, MN R+33
- Upland, PA D+35
- Keystone, CA D+24
- North Bennington, VT D+32
- Westport, WA 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.