How Vermont has voted since 1960

Vermont has 3 electoral votes in 2028. Since 1960 it has voted Democratic 10 times and Republican 7 times. It has backed the national winner in 11 of 17 elections. Kamala Harris carried it in 2024 by 31.5 points, 33.0 points more Democratic than the nation. In 2024, 70.7% of its eligible voters cast a ballot, ranking 11th among the 50 states and DC (nationally, 64.3%). It has voted Democratic in every election since 1992. Its closest result was in 1988, when George H.W. Bush won it by 3.5 points.

  1. 1960Nixon+17.3
  2. 1964Johnson+32.6
  3. 1968Nixon+9.2
  4. 1972Nixon+26.2
  5. 1976Ford+12.3
  6. 1980Reagan+5.9
  7. 1984Reagan+17.1
  8. 1988Bush+3.5
  9. 1992Clinton+15.7
  10. 1996Clinton+22.3
  11. 2000Gore+9.9
  12. 2004Kerry+20.1
  13. 2008Obama+37.0
  14. 2012Obama+35.6
  15. 2016Clinton+26.0
  16. 2020Biden+35.4
  17. 2024Harris+31.5

Each box is one election: the winner in Vermont and the margin in points. Darker boxes were won by 10 points or more, lighter by under 5.

Election night

7 p.m. ET

Polls close at 7 p.m. ET.

Also closing at 7 p.m. ET: FL, GA, SC, VA.

Times from the 2024 general election; states rarely change them, and they will be confirmed for 2028.

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In Congress

Senate

House (at large)

From Congress.gov, as of Sept. 28, 2026. Vacant seats are not listed.

Margin by election

Vermont margin by electionBars show the Democratic or Republican margin in Vermont in each election since 1960; the line shows the national popular-vote margin. The table below has every figure.R+40R+30R+20R+10EvenD+10D+20D+30D+401960: R+17.3 (nation D+0.2)'601964: D+32.6 (nation D+22.6)'641968: R+9.2 (nation R+0.7)'681972: R+26.2 (nation R+23.2)'721976: R+12.3 (nation D+2.1)'761980: R+5.9 (nation R+9.7)'801984: R+17.1 (nation R+18.2)'841988: R+3.5 (nation R+7.7)'881992: D+15.7 (nation D+5.6)'921996: D+22.3 (nation D+8.5)'962000: D+9.9 (nation D+0.5)'002004: D+20.1 (nation R+2.5)'042008: D+37.0 (nation D+7.3)'082012: D+35.6 (nation D+3.9)'122016: D+26.0 (nation D+2.1)'162020: D+35.4 (nation D+4.5)'202024: D+31.5 (nation R+1.5)'24

Vermont margin National popular vote

By county

Kamala Harris won 12 of Vermont's 14 counties in 2024; Donald Trump won 2.

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Largest counties, 2024

CountyVotesMarginShift from 2020
Chittenden County98,300D+52.6→R 2.0
Washington County35,711D+42.6→R 3.8
Windsor County34,579D+35.0→R 5.3
Rutland County34,392D+5.2→R 6.6
Franklin County26,998D+2.9→R 6.0
Windham County26,085D+42.1→R 2.9
Addison County22,832D+35.2→R 2.5
Bennington County20,926D+22.1→R 4.4
Orange County17,852D+19.8→D 2.5
Caledonia County16,812D+12.2→R 5.0

Biggest shifts from 2020 to 2024: toward the Republican, Essex County (9.3), Lamoille County (6.9), Rutland County (6.6); toward the Democrat, Orange County (2.5), Grand Isle County (0.8), Chittenden County (2.0) — in points of margin.

County returns from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (official state data), 2000–2024. Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, of all votes cast.

Results by year

YearWinnerDemocratRepublicanOtherMarginNationTurnoutEV
2024 Kamala HarrisHarris lostHarris 63.8%235,791Trump 32.3%119,3953.9%D+31.5R+1.570.7%3
2020 Joe BidenBidenBiden 66.1%242,820Trump 30.7%112,7043.2%D+35.4D+4.571.3%3
2016 Hillary ClintonClinton lostClinton 55.7%178,573Trump 29.8%95,369Sanders 5.7%D+26.0D+2.164.8%3
2012 Barack ObamaObamaObama 66.6%199,239Romney 31.0%92,6982.5%D+35.6D+3.961.2%3
2008 Barack ObamaObamaObama 67.5%219,262McCain 30.5%98,9742.1%D+37.0D+7.367.7%3
2004 John KerryKerry lostKerry 58.9%184,067Bush 38.8%121,1802.3%D+20.1R+2.566.9%3
2000 Al GoreGore lostGore 50.6%149,022Bush 40.7%119,775Nader 6.9%D+9.9D+0.565.4%3
1996 Bill ClintonClintonClinton 53.4%137,894Dole 31.1%80,352Perot 12.0%D+22.3D+8.560.0%3
1992 Bill ClintonClintonClinton 46.1%133,592Bush 30.4%88,122Perot 22.8%D+15.7D+5.669.8%3
1988 George H.W. BushBushDukakis 47.6%115,775Bush 51.1%124,3311.3%R+3.5R+7.766.7%3
1984 Ronald ReaganReaganMondale 40.8%95,730Reagan 57.9%135,8651.3%R+17.1R+18.261.6%3
1980 Ronald ReaganReaganCarter 38.4%81,952Reagan 44.4%94,628Anderson 14.9%R+5.9R+9.759.3%3
1976 Gerald FordFord lostCarter 42.3%77,798Ford 54.6%100,3873.1%R+12.3D+2.1—3
1972 Richard NixonNixonMcGovern 36.5%Nixon 62.7%0.9%R+26.2R+23.2—3
1968 Richard NixonNixonHumphrey 43.5%Nixon 52.8%3.7%R+9.2R+0.7—3
1964 Lyndon B. JohnsonJohnsonJohnson 66.3%Goldwater 33.7%0.0%D+32.6D+22.6—3
1960 Richard NixonNixon lostKennedy 41.4%Nixon 58.7%0.0%R+17.3D+0.2—3

Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, in percentage points; Nation is the same for the national popular vote. "Other" is everyone else combined, or the leading third-party candidate where one took 5% or more. Vote counts from 1976. Turnout is ballots cast as a share of eligible voters, from 1980 (UF Election Lab; the newest year is preliminary).

Electoral votes

Electoral votes change after each census, when House seats are reapportioned.

  • 319601950 census
  • 31964–19681960 census
  • 31972–19801970 census
  • 31984–19881980 census
  • 31992–20001990 census
  • 32004–20082000 census
  • 32012–20202010 census
  • 32024–20282020 census
  • 32032–2040projected

Projected: Vermont's share of House seats after the 2030 census if each state's population keeps changing at its pace since 2020, from the Census Bureau's 2024 American Community Survey population estimates (July 1, 2024). If the count were taken today it would have 3. An estimate, not a forecast.

Before 1960

Vermont cast electoral votes in 42 presidential elections before 1960, the first in 1792. It backed the eventual president in 26 of them.

YearCarried byElectorsMarginBacked winner
1956Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican3+44.4✓
1952Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican3+43.4✓
1948Thomas E. Dewey Republican3+25.0–
1944Thomas E. Dewey Republican3+14.1–
1940Wendell Willkie Republican3+9.9–
1936Alf Landon Republican3+13.2–
1932Herbert Hoover Republican3+16.8–
1928Herbert Hoover Republican4+34.1✓
1924Calvin Coolidge Republican4+62.8✓
1920Warren G. Harding Republican4+53.1✓
1916Charles Evans Hughes Republican4+27.9–
1912William Howard Taft Republican4+1.9–
1908William Howard Taft Republican4+55.0✓
1904Theodore Roosevelt Republican4+61.1✓
1900William McKinley Republican4+53.6✓
1896William McKinley Republican4+66.8✓
1892Benjamin Harrison Republican4+39.9–
1888Benjamin Harrison Republican4+45.8✓
1884James G. Blaine Republican4+39.0–
1880James A. Garfield Republican5+42.7✓
1876Rutherford B. Hayes Republican5+37.0✓
1872Ulysses S. Grant Republican5+58.3✓
1868Ulysses S. Grant Republican5+57.1✓
1864Abraham Lincoln Republican5+52.2✓
1860Abraham Lincoln Republican5+56.4✓
1856John C. Frémont Republican5+57.2–
1852Winfield Scott Whig5+25.9–
1848Zachary Taylor Whig6+19.4✓
1844Henry Clay Whig6+19.5–
1840William Henry Harrison Whig7+28.6✓
1836William Henry Harrison Whig7+19.8–
1832William Wirt Anti-Masonic7+6.1–
1828John Quincy Adams National Republican7+48.9–
1824John Quincy Adams Democratic-Republican7—✓
1820James Monroe Democratic-Republican8—✓
1816James Monroe Democratic-Republican8—✓
1812James Madison Democratic-Republican8—✓
1808James Madison Democratic-Republican6—✓
1804Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican6—✓
1800John Adams FederalistVotes (two per elector): Adams 4, Pinckney 44—–
1796John Adams FederalistVotes (two per elector): Adams 4, Pinckney 44—✓
1792George WashingtonVotes (two per elector): Washington 3, Adams 33—✓

Margin: the winner's lead over the runner-up in the state's popular vote, in points. A dash means the legislature chose the electors (common before the 1830s) or no popular vote is on record. Each year links to that election's map and full results.