Stowe 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 85% of adults in Stowe typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Stowe, ~58% vote Democratic, ~27% Republican, and ~15% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Stowe compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Stowe leans more Democratic than 74 of 77 neighbors.
Stowe runs about 4 points more Democratic than Vermont as a whole.
Why Stowe 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 Stowe, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 69% of adults in Stowe hold a bachelor's degree, about 40 points above the U.S. average of 28%.
Walkability and Democratic lean
Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Stowe, 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 Stowe looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Stowe 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 75%, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Stowe have completed high school, in the top fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Waterbury Center, VT D+25
- Cleveland Corner, VT D+23
- Morrisville, VT D+21
- South Cambridge, VT D+22
- Worcester, VT D+26
- Colbyville, VT D+28
- Lake Elmore, VT Even
- Stevensville, VT D+15
- Waterbury, VT D+20
Cities with Similar Populations
- Divide, CO R+28
- Laureldale, PA R+6
- Woodlawn, VA R+63
- Roberts, WI R+28
- Memphis, IN R+48
- Blue Point, NY R+13
- Gatlinburg, TN R+50
- Madill, OK R+42
- Coker, AL R+64
- Gold Bar, WA R+21
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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.