Williston North, Williston, VT Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Williston North

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Williston North leans Democratic by roughly 24 points: about 62% of voters vote Democratic and 38% 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 Williston North typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Williston North, ~62% vote Democratic, ~38% Republican, and ~0% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Williston North compares

Williston North runs about 8 points more Republican than Vermont as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Williston North. The south side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+30) and the southwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+12), a spread of about 18 points.

Why Williston North leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Williston North, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 58% of adults in Williston North hold a bachelor's degree, about 29 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; Williston North, Williston, 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 Williston North looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Williston North 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 76%, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 85% of households in Williston North own their home, compared to around 50% in nearby neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.