Wardsboro is a true toss-up. About 52% of voters here vote Democratic and 48% 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 88% of adults in Wardsboro typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Wardsboro, ~46% vote Democratic, ~42% Republican, and ~12% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Wardsboro compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Wardsboro leans more Democratic than 25 of 84 neighbors.
Wardsboro runs about 28 points more Republican than Vermont as a whole.
Why Wardsboro leans the way it does
Density, race composition, education, and family structure all sit close to their national averages in Wardsboro. None of them point strongly toward either party.
Park access and Democratic lean
Places with heavy park coverage tend to lean Democratic; Wardsboro, VT sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Wardsboro looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Wardsboro 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 68%, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 91% of households in Wardsboro own their home, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Wardsboro have completed high school, above 92% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- West Wardsboro, VT D+2
- Goose City, VT D+22
- Jamaica, VT D+19
- East Dover, VT D+22
- West Dover, VT D+29
- South Newfane, VT D+33
- Townshend, VT D+24
- Newfane, VT D+27
- Simpsonville, VT D+23
- West Townshend, VT D+17
Cities with Similar Populations
- Bowling Green, IN R+61
- Lake Buckhorn, OH R+70
- Nevils, GA R+58
- Mooreville, MI R+11
- Buchanan Lake Village, TX R+69
- Millheim, TX R+68
- Wrights Corner, IL R+67
- Signpine, VA R+50
- Ballantine, MT R+64
- Union, IA R+47
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.