Lyndon Center leans Republican by roughly 18 points: about 41% of voters vote Democratic and 59% 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 Lyndon Center typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lyndon Center, ~28% vote Democratic, ~40% Republican, and ~32% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Lyndon Center compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Lyndon Center leans more Republican than 45 of 81 neighbors.
Lyndon Center runs about 52 points more Republican than Vermont as a whole. Vermont leans Democratic overall, while Lyndon Center is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Lyndon Center. The north side is the most Republican-leaning (R+27) and the northwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+16), a spread of about 11 points.
Why Lyndon Center 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 Lyndon Center, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Lyndon Center votes against the grain of Vermont. Vermont leans Democratic overall, while Lyndon Center runs about 52 points more Republican. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 80% of households in Lyndon Center are family households, above 90% of cities.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Lyndon Center, VT sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Lyndon Center looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 93% of households in Lyndon Center own their home, about 10 points above the Vermont average of 83%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Lyndonville, VT R+19
- Wheelock, VT R+23
- East Burke, VT R+5
- Sheffield, VT R+19
- East St. Johnsbury, VT R+10
- Sutton, VT R+20
- Victory, VT R+19
- Sheffield Square, VT R+16
- St. Johnsbury, VT Even
- West Burke, VT R+11
Cities with Similar Populations
- Haverhill, NH R+12
- Lock, OH R+56
- Meta, KY R+76
- Bannister, MI R+48
- Castleton, VA R+24
- Nashua, MT R+56
- Quentin, MS R+75
- Little Rock, SC D+3
- Verona, IL R+48
- Whitesand, TN R+74
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.