Sanderson Corner leans Republican by roughly 16 points: about 42% of voters vote Democratic and 58% 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 88% of adults in Sanderson Corner typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sanderson Corner, ~37% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~12% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Sanderson Corner compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Sanderson Corner leans more Republican than 36 of 72 neighbors.
Sanderson Corner runs about 49 points more Republican than Vermont as a whole. Vermont leans Democratic overall, while Sanderson Corner is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Sanderson Corner 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 Sanderson Corner, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Sanderson Corner votes against the grain of Vermont. Vermont leans Democratic overall, while Sanderson Corner runs about 49 points more Republican. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 83% of households in Sanderson Corner are family households, above 94% of cities.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Sanderson Corner, 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 Sanderson Corner looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Sanderson Corner 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 74%, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 98% of households in Sanderson Corner own their home, about 22 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Sanderson Corner have completed high school, above 95% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Fairfax, VT R+17
- North Fairfax, VT R+21
- Fletcher, VT R+18
- East Fairfield, VT R+22
- Fairfield, VT R+27
- Georgia, VT R+21
- Cambridge, VT R+5
- St. Albans, VT R+12
- Westford, VT D+4
- Milton, VT R+9
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- Garvin, OK R+71
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- Orleans, IA R+40
- Centertown, KY R+69
- Schulte, KS R+48
- Oxford, NE R+73
- Pajaro, CA D+18
- Twin Bridges, MT R+56
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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.