Shrewsbury leans slightly Democratic by roughly 6 points: about 53% of voters vote Democratic and 47% 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 83% of adults in Shrewsbury typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Shrewsbury, ~44% vote Democratic, ~39% Republican, and ~17% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Shrewsbury compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Shrewsbury leans more Democratic than 51 of 90 neighbors.
Shrewsbury runs about 27 points more Republican than Vermont as a whole.
Why Shrewsbury 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 Shrewsbury, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 41% of adults in Shrewsbury hold a bachelor's degree, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 28%.
Walkability and Democratic lean
Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Shrewsbury, VT sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Shrewsbury looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Shrewsbury 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 70%, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 95% of households in Shrewsbury own their home, about 20 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Cuttingsville, VT D+5
- Hortonville, VT R+4
- East Clarendon, VT R+21
- Plymouth Union, VT D+22
- East Wallingford, VT R+17
- North Clarendon, VT R+23
- Mount Holly, VT R+5
- Belmont, VT R+6
- Plymouth, VT D+22
- Clarendon, VT R+19
Cities with Similar Populations
- Imperial, GA R+20
- Summerdale, PA R+21
- North Dennis, NJ R+38
- Sun, NY R+39
- Oppenheim, NY R+52
- Grays, SC R+26
- Wastedo, MN R+33
- Hereford, MD R+10
- Buford, KY R+66
- Wilawana, PA R+54
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.