Underhill Center leans Democratic by roughly 18 points: about 59% of voters vote Democratic and 41% 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 more than 99% of adults in Underhill Center typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Underhill Center, ~66% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~-12% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Underhill Center compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Underhill Center leans more Democratic than 38 of 70 neighbors.
Underhill Center runs about 15 points more Republican than Vermont as a whole.
Why Underhill Center 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 Underhill Center, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 73% of adults in Underhill Center hold a bachelor's degree, about 45 points above the U.S. average of 28%.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Underhill Center, VT sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Underhill Center looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Underhill Center 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 79%, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 97% of households in Underhill Center own their home, about 22 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Underhill Center have completed high school, in the top fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Jericho, VT D+22
- Underhill, VT D+11
- Stevensville, VT D+15
- Essex Junction, VT D+10
- West Bolton, VT D+12
- Richmond, VT D+32
- Essex, VT D+24
- Westford, VT D+4
- Williston, VT D+22
Cities with Similar Populations
- Eureka, NC R+40
- Fish House, NY R+36
- Fairbanks, AR R+70
- Ethel, WV R+65
- Slate, VA R+70
- Foxport, KY R+66
- Bethlehem, TN R+75
- Whippoorwill, KY R+63
- Rural Vale, TN R+74
- Scott, OK R+72
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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.