Windham County leans Democratic by roughly 28 points: about 64% of voters vote Democratic and 36% 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 74% of adults in Windham County typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Windham County, ~47% vote Democratic, ~27% Republican, and ~26% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Windham County compares
Among counties within 50 miles, Windham County leans more Democratic than 8 of 9 neighbors.
Windham County runs about 4 points more Republican than Vermont as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by city within Windham County. The east side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+38) and the northwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+7), a spread of about 32 points.
Why Windham County leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per county to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Windham County, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 44% of adults in Windham County hold a bachelor's degree, about 16 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; Windham County, 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 Windham County looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Windham County 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%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 95% of adults in Windham County have completed high school, above 94% of counties. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Counties
- Cheshire County, NH Even
- Franklin County, MA D+22
- Bennington County, VT D+17
- Sullivan County, NH R+16
- Windsor County, VT D+17
- Hampshire County, MA D+45
- Berkshire County, MA D+27
- Washington County, NY R+23
- Rutland County, VT R+9
- Rensselaer County, NY D+6
Counties with Similar Populations
- Colquitt County, GA R+36
- Caldwell County, TX R+17
- Perry County, PA R+52
- Osage County, OK R+39
- Thomas County, GA R+18
- Habersham County, GA R+55
- Hancock County, MS R+53
- Hillsdale County, MI R+43
- Bryan County, OK R+54
- Greene County, AR R+58
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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.