Plainfield leans Democratic by roughly 24 points: about 62% of voters vote Democratic and 38% 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 Plainfield typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Plainfield, ~49% vote Democratic, ~30% Republican, and ~21% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Plainfield compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Plainfield leans more Democratic than 79 of 89 neighbors.
Plainfield runs about 8 points more Republican than Vermont as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Plainfield. The south side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+30) and the northeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+11), a spread of about 19 points.
Why Plainfield 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 Plainfield, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 46% of adults in Plainfield hold a bachelor's degree, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 28%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 32% of adults in Plainfield have never been married, above 81% of cities.
High-school completion, uninsured rate, and voter turnout
Places that combine high-school-completion-heavy adults and a low uninsured rate tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Plainfield, VT does.
Why turnout in Plainfield looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 96% of adults in Plainfield have completed high school, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- East Montpelier, VT D+23
- North Montpelier, VT D+27
- Marshfield, VT D+12
- Barre, VT D+3
- Adamant, VT D+23
- East Calais, VT D+18
- East Barre, VT R+19
- Websterville, VT R+6
- Montpelier, VT D+42
- West Groton, VT R+16
Cities with Similar Populations
- Danbury, NC R+67
- DeSoto, IA R+32
- New Boston, IL R+46
- Aurelia, IA R+49
- Valles Mines, MO R+54
- Wymore, NE R+61
- Watkins, CO R+27
- Marcus, IA R+44
- Wheeler, MI R+47
- Adrian, MN R+54
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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.