Woodbury leans slightly Democratic by roughly 10 points: about 55% of voters vote Democratic and 45% 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 98% of adults in Woodbury typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Woodbury, ~54% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~2% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Woodbury compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Woodbury leans more Democratic than 58 of 85 neighbors.
Woodbury runs about 22 points more Republican than Vermont as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Woodbury. The southwest side runs the most Democratic (D+22) and the northwest side runs the most Republican (R+6), a spread of about 28 points.
Why Woodbury 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 Woodbury, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 47% of adults in Woodbury hold a bachelor's degree, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 28%.
Homeownership and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Woodbury, VT sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Woodbury looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Woodbury 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 70%, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 91% of households in Woodbury own their home, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- East Calais, VT D+18
- Calais, VT D+25
- Lower Cabot, VT D+18
- Hardwick, VT R+19
- Mackville, VT R+21
- South Walden, VT R+9
- Adamant, VT D+23
- Cabot, VT D+17
- Marshfield, VT D+12
- Pottersville, VT R+9
Cities with Similar Populations
- Summit, NY R+34
- Adamant, VT D+23
- Sims Spring, TN R+71
- Lutts, TN R+79
- Fairview, IA R+32
- West Farmington, ME R+9
- Atlantic, NC R+52
- Cary, ME R+45
- Clay Center, OH R+38
- Peru, MA R+5
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.