Swanton leans Republican by roughly 28 points: about 36% of voters vote Democratic and 64% 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 77% of adults in Swanton typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Swanton, ~28% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~23% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Swanton compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Swanton leans more Republican than 39 of 53 neighbors.
Swanton runs about 61 points more Republican than Vermont as a whole. Vermont leans Democratic overall, while Swanton is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Swanton. The northeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+37) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+24), a spread of about 13 points.
Why Swanton 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 Swanton, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Swanton votes against the grain of Vermont. Vermont leans Democratic overall, while Swanton runs about 61 points more Republican. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Swanton are family households, above 76% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Swanton, VT sits above the national average on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Swanton looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Swanton 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 66%, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Maquam, VT R+32
- Highgate Falls, VT R+31
- Highgate Springs, VT R+40
- West Swanton, VT R+31
- Highgate Center, VT R+33
- Greens Corners, VT R+32
- St. Albans, VT R+12
- St. Albans Bay, VT R+27
- Sheldon, VT R+41
- South Alburg, VT R+15
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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.