Highgate Springs leans heavily Republican by roughly 40 points: about 30% of voters vote Democratic and 70% 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 80% of adults in Highgate Springs typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Highgate Springs, ~24% vote Democratic, ~56% Republican, and ~20% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Highgate Springs compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Highgate Springs leans more Republican than 43 of 49 neighbors.
Highgate Springs runs about 73 points more Republican than Vermont as a whole. Vermont leans Democratic overall, while Highgate Springs is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Highgate Springs 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 Highgate Springs, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Highgate Springs votes against the grain of Vermont. Vermont leans Democratic overall, while Highgate Springs runs about 73 points more Republican. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Highgate Springs are family households, above 87% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Highgate Springs, VT sits above the national average 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 Highgate Springs looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 98% of adults in Highgate Springs have completed high school, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Highgate Falls, VT R+31
- Highgate Center, VT R+33
- West Swanton, VT R+31
- Swanton, VT R+28
- Maquam, VT R+32
- Sheldon, VT R+41
- East Alburg, VT R+20
- Greens Corners, VT R+32
- Morses Line, VT R+44
- Franklin, VT R+44
Cities with Similar Populations
- Meadowlands, MN R+26
- Brownfield, PA R+25
- Osierfield, GA R+68
- Lakeland Village, WA R+30
- Grygla, MN R+36
- Piney Grove, TX R+69
- East Beekmantown, NY R+14
- Indianford, WI R+21
- Maxwell, OK R+70
- La Grange, MI R+23
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.