Wheelock leans Republican by roughly 24 points: about 38% of voters vote Democratic and 62% 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 Wheelock typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Wheelock, ~32% vote Democratic, ~53% Republican, and ~15% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Wheelock compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Wheelock leans more Republican than 55 of 78 neighbors.
Wheelock runs about 56 points more Republican than Vermont as a whole. Vermont leans Democratic overall, while Wheelock is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Wheelock 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 Wheelock, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Wheelock votes against the grain of Vermont. Vermont leans Democratic overall, while Wheelock runs about 56 points more Republican. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Wheelock are family households, above 88% of cities.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Wheelock, VT sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Wheelock looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 92% of households in Wheelock own their home, about 9 points above the Vermont average of 83%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Wheelock have completed high school, above 83% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Lyndon Center, VT R+19
- Sheffield, VT R+19
- Lyndonville, VT R+19
- Sutton, VT R+20
- Sheffield Square, VT R+16
- East Burke, VT R+5
- West Burke, VT R+11
- Stannard, VT R+20
- East St. Johnsbury, VT R+10
- East Haven, VT R+38
Cities with Similar Populations
- Belvue, KS R+64
- Olsburg, KS R+54
- Follett, TX R+84
- Woden, IA R+50
- Flora, TX R+78
- Livonia, IN R+64
- Little Water, NM D+28
- Little Germany, PA R+60
- Sullivan, MI R+39
- West Mills, ME R+30
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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.