Fairfield 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 87% of adults in Fairfield typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Fairfield, ~32% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~13% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Fairfield compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Fairfield leans more Republican than 45 of 63 neighbors.
Fairfield runs about 60 points more Republican than Vermont as a whole. Vermont leans Democratic overall, while Fairfield is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Fairfield 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 Fairfield, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Fairfield votes against the grain of Vermont. Vermont leans Democratic overall, while Fairfield runs about 60 points more Republican.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Fairfield, VT sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Fairfield looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Fairfield 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%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- North Fairfax, VT R+21
- Greens Corners, VT R+32
- Montgomery, VT R+26
- St. Albans, VT R+12
- Sanderson Corner, VT R+17
- East Fairfield, VT R+22
- Sheldon, VT R+41
- Fairfax, VT R+17
- Fletcher, VT R+18
- Bakersfield, VT R+26
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- Galva, IA R+65
- Gough, GA R+19
- Haileyville, OK R+62
- Hazleton, IN R+59
- House, MS R+89
- Coppinville, AL R+35
- Vaughns Mill, KY R+67
- Bouse, AZ R+55
- Chester, MI R+41
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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.