Simpsonville 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 66% of adults in Simpsonville typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Simpsonville, ~41% vote Democratic, ~25% Republican, and ~34% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Simpsonville compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Simpsonville leans more Democratic than 64 of 90 neighbors.
Simpsonville runs about 9 points more Republican than Vermont as a whole.
Why Simpsonville 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 Simpsonville, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 52% of adults in Simpsonville hold a bachelor's degree, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 28%.
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 Simpsonville, VT does.
Why turnout in Simpsonville looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Simpsonville 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%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Simpsonville have completed high school, above 94% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Townshend, VT D+24
- West Townshend, VT D+17
- Newfane, VT D+27
- Cambridgeport, VT D+29
- Jamaica, VT D+19
- Saxtons River, VT D+37
- Grafton, VT D+20
- Putney, VT D+39
- Wardsboro, VT D+5
Cities with Similar Populations
- Baker, ND R+46
- Trading Post, KS R+62
- Glendale Junction, OR R+38
- Tate, AR R+73
- Grassy Creek, KY R+65
- Swift Run, VA 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.