Post Mills leans heavily Democratic by roughly 36 points: about 68% of voters vote Democratic and 32% 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 Post Mills typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Post Mills, ~54% vote Democratic, ~26% Republican, and ~20% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Post Mills compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Post Mills leans more Democratic than 78 of 88 neighbors.
Politically, Post Mills sits close to the rest of Vermont.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Post Mills. The south side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+40) and the north side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+23), a spread of about 17 points.
Why Post Mills 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 Post Mills, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 65% of adults in Post Mills hold a bachelor's degree, about 36 points above the U.S. average of 28%.
Walkability and Democratic lean
Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Post Mills, VT sits above the national average on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Post Mills looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Post Mills 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 73%, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 90% of households in Post Mills own their home, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Post Mills have completed high school, above 90% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Thetford Center, VT D+41
- West Fairlee, VT D+16
- Strafford, VT D+19
- East Thetford, VT D+42
- Fairlee, VT D+21
- South Strafford, VT D+19
- Vershire, VT Even
- Lyme, NH D+38
- Orfordville, NH D+16
- West Norwich, VT D+52
Cities with Similar Populations
- Farmers Mills, PA R+34
- Vigo, OH R+58
- Barnegat Light, NJ D+3
- Kingston, MN R+54
- Norman, AR R+70
- Brownsboro Farm, KY D+16
- Treadway, TN R+75
- Cordesville, SC R+41
- Fruitland, UT R+60
- McKay, OH R+62
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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.