VT
Vermont
Party timeline · 1792–2024
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Swing timeline · Vermont
One column per cycle. Height is the state’s electoral votes, colour is the party that carried it, and a diamond marks a flip. 9 flips across 59 cycles.
Electoral votes over time
By party · all cycles
Rep 33
Dem 10
D-R 6
Whig 5
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Popular vote · newest first
Swing is how far the gap between the Democratic and Republican shares moved since the state’s previous election with sourced votes: “R +1.6” means 1.6 points toward the Republican.
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| Year | Carried by | Dem | Rep | Others named | Margin | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20241 | Dem Harris | Harris 235,791 63.2% | Trump 119,395 32.0% | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 5,905 · 1.6% | 116,396 31.2 pts | R +3.9 since 2020 |
| 20202 | Dem Biden | Biden 242,820 65.5% | Trump 112,704 30.4% | None | 130,116 35.1 pts | D +9.1 since 2016 |
| 20163,4 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 178,573 55.7% | Trump 95,369 29.8% | Gary Johnson 10,078 · 3.1% Jill Stein 6,758 · 2.1% | 83,204 26.0 pts | R +9.6 since 2012 |
| 2012 | Dem Obama | Obama 199,239 66.6% | Romney 92,698 31.0% | Gary Johnson 3,487 · 1.2% | 106,541 35.6 pts | R +1.4 since 2008 |
| 2008 | Dem Obama | Obama 219,262 67.5% | McCain 98,974 30.4% | Ralph Nader 3,339 · 1.0% | 120,288 37.0 pts | D +16.9 since 2004 |
| 2004 | Dem Kerry | Kerry 184,067 58.9% | Bush 121,180 38.8% | Ralph Nader 4,494 · 1.4% | 62,887 20.1 pts | D +10.2 since 2000 |
| 2000 | Dem Gore | Gore 149,022 50.6% | Bush 119,775 40.7% | Ralph Nader 20,374 · 6.9% | 29,247 9.9 pts | R +12.3 since 1996 |
| 1996 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 137,894 53.4% | Dole 80,352 31.1% | Ross Perot 31,024 · 12.0% Ralph Nader 5,585 · 2.2% | 57,542 22.3 pts | D +6.6 since 1992 |
| 1992 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 133,592 46.1% | Bush 88,122 30.4% | Ross Perot 65,991 · 22.8% | 45,470 15.7 pts | D +19.2 since 1988 |
| 1988 | Rep Bush | Dukakis 115,775 47.6% | Bush 124,331 51.1% | None | 8,556 3.5 pts | D +13.6 since 1984 |
| 1984 | Rep Reagan | Mondale 95,730 40.8% | Reagan 135,865 57.9% | None | 40,135 17.1 pts | R +11.2 since 1980 |
| 1980 | Rep Reagan | Carter 81,952 38.4% | Reagan 94,628 44.4% | John B. Anderson 31,761 · 14.9% Barry Commoner 2,316 · 1.1% | 12,676 5.9 pts | D +6.3 since 1976 |
| 1976 | Rep Ford | Carter 77,798 42.3% | Ford 100,387 54.6% | Eugene McCarthy 4,001 · 2.2% | 22,589 12.3 pts | D +14.3 since 1972 |
| 19725 | Rep Nixon | McGovern 67,6135 36.3% | Nixon 117,1495 62.9% | None | 49,536 26.6 pts | R +17.4 since 1968 |
| 19686 | Rep Nixon | Humphrey 70,2556 43.5% | Nixon 85,1426 52.8% | George Wallace 5,104 · 3.2%6 | 14,887 9.2 pts | R +41.8 since 1964 |
| 1964 | Dem Johnson | Johnson 108,127 66.3% | Goldwater 54,942 33.7% | None | 53,185 32.6 pts | D +49.9 since 1960 |
| 1960 | Rep Nixon | Kennedy 69,186 41.4% | Nixon 98,131 58.6% | None | 28,945 17.3 pts | D +27.0 since 1956 |
| 1956 | Rep Eisenhower | Stevenson 42,549 27.8% | Eisenhower 110,390 72.2% | None | 67,841 44.3 pts | R +1.1 since 1952 |
| 1952 | Rep Eisenhower | Stevenson 43,355 28.2% | Eisenhower 109,717 71.5% | None | 66,362 43.2 pts | R +18.6 since 1948 |
| 19487 | Rep Dewey | Truman 45,5577 36.9% | Dewey 75,9267 61.5% | Henry A. Wallace 1,279 · 1.0%7 | 30,369 24.6 pts | R +10.5 since 1944 |
| 19448 | Rep Dewey | Roosevelt 53,8208 42.9% | Dewey 71,5278 57.1% | None | 17,707 14.1 pts | R +4.3 since 1940 |
| 19409 | Rep Willkie | Roosevelt 64,2699 44.9% | Willkie 78,3719 54.8% | None | 14,102 9.9 pts | D +3.3 since 1936 |
| 1936 | Rep Landon | Roosevelt 62,124 43.2% | Landon 81,023 56.4% | None | 18,899 13.2 pts | D +3.4 since 1932 |
| 1932 | Rep Hoover | Roosevelt 56,266 41.1% | Hoover 78,984 57.7% | Norman Thomas 1,533 · 1.1% | 22,718 16.6 pts | D +17.4 since 1928 |
| 192810 | Rep Hoover | Smith 44,44010 32.9% | Hoover 90,40410 66.9% | None | 45,964 34.0 pts | D +28.6 since 1924 |
| 1924 | Rep Coolidge | Davis 16,124 15.7% | Coolidge 80,498 78.2% | Robert M. La Follette 5,964 · 5.8% | 64,374 62.6 pts | R +10.0 since 1920 |
| 192011,12 | Rep Harding | Cox 20,91911 23.3% | Harding 68,21211 75.8% | None | 47,293 52.6 pts | R +25.4 since 1916 |
| 191613 | Rep Hughes | Wilson 22,70813 35.2% | Hughes 40,25013 62.4% | Allan L. Benson 798 · 1.2%13 J. Frank Hanly 709 · 1.1%13 | 17,542 27.2 pts | R +14.5 since 1912 |
| 1912 | Rep Taft | Wilson 15,350 24.4% | Taft 23,305 37.1% | Theodore Roosevelt 22,070 · 35.1% Eugene W. Chafin 1,154 · 1.8% Eugene V. Debs 928 · 1.5% | 1,235 2.0 pts | D +40.6 since 1908 |
| 1908 | Rep Taft | Bryan 11,496 21.8% | Taft 39,552 75.1% | Thomas L. Hisgen 804 · 1.5% Eugene W. Chafin 799 · 1.5% | 28,056 53.3 pts | D +5.8 since 1904 |
| 1904 | Rep Roosevelt | Parker 9,777 18.8% | Roosevelt 40,459 78.0% | Eugene V. Debs 859 · 1.7% Silas C. Swallow 792 · 1.5% | 30,682 59.1 pts | R +6.3 since 1900 |
| 190014 | Rep McKinley | Bryan 12,84914 22.9% | McKinley 42,56814 75.7% | None | 29,719 52.9 pts | D +10.6 since 1896 |
| 189615 | Rep McKinley | Bryan 10,63715 16.7% | McKinley 51,12715 80.1% | John M. Palmer 1,331 · 2.1%15 Joshua Levering 733 · 1.1%15 | 40,490 63.4 pts | R +24.6 since 1892 |
| 189216 | Rep Harrison | Cleveland 16,32516 29.3% | Harrison 37,99216 68.1% | John Bidwell 1,415 · 2.5%16 | 21,667 38.8 pts | D +5.9 since 1888 |
| 1888 | Rep Harrison | Cleveland 16,788 26.5% | Harrison 45,192 71.2% | Clinton B. Fisk 1,460 · 2.3% | 28,404 44.8 pts | R +7.4 since 1884 |
| 188417 | Rep Blaine | Cleveland 17,33117 29.2% | Blaine 39,51417 66.5% | John P. St. John 1,752 · 3.0%17 Benjamin F. Butler 785 · 1.3%17 | 22,183 37.4 pts | D +4.4 since 1880 |
| 188018 | Rep Garfield | Hancock 18,18118 28.2% | Garfield 45,09018 69.9% | James B. Weaver 1,212 · 1.9%18 | 26,909 41.7 pts | R +4.7 since 1876 |
| 187619 | Rep Hayes | Tilden 20,25419 31.5% | Hayes 44,09219 68.5% | None | 23,838 37.0 pts | D +20.5 since 1872 |
| 187220,21 | Rep Grant | Greeley 10,94720 20.6% | Grant 41,48720 78.2% | Charles O'Conor 593 · 1.1%20 | 30,540 57.6 pts | R +0.4 since 1868 |
| 186822 | Rep Grant | Seymour 12,04522 21.4% | Grant 44,16722 78.6% | None | 32,122 57.1 pts | First sourced year |
| 186423 | Rep Lincoln | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 186024 | Rep Lincoln | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 185625 | Rep Fremont | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 185226 | Whig Scott | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184827 | Whig Taylor | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184428 | Whig Clay | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184029 | Whig Harrison | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 183630 | Whig Harrison | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 183231 | A-M Wirt | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 182832 | N-R John Quincy Adams | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 182433 | D-R John Quincy Adams | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
| 182034 | D-R Monroe | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 181635 | D-R Monroe | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
| 181236 | D-R Madison | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 180837 | D-R Madison | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
| 180438 | D-R Jefferson | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
| 180039 | Fed Adams Charles C. Pinckney 4, John Adams 4 | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 179640 | Fed Adams John Adams 4, Thomas Pinckney 4 | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 179241 | Ind Washington George Washington 3, John Adams 3 | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
Shares are of the state’s total vote for president. Margin is the leader’s lead over the second-placed candidate. “Others named” lists every other candidate the figures give a line of their own.
Notes on the figures
- 2024 'Other candidates' includes 3,195 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
- 2020 'Other candidates' includes 3,748 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
- 2016 'Other candidates' includes 4,574 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
- 2016 The source reports 22,899 write-in votes on one line with no candidate name, so the people they went to cannot be shown separately; they are counted in 'Other candidates'.
- 1972 The official table notes: Others 1,010: footnote 9, 'Liberty Union Party.'
- 1968 The official table notes: Others 579: footnote 3, 'New Party.'
- 1948 The official table notes: Others: scattering (footnote 6).
- 1944 The official table notes: Others: scattering (footnote 3).
- 1940 The official table notes: Other: scattering, 11.
- 1928 The official table notes: Footnote 20: 'Scattering votes, 9, included in grand total.'
- 1920 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1920 The official table notes: Other tickets on the state page (in OthersState): Scattering 56.
- 1916 The official table's state total (64,475) is 10 more than the tickets it lists; the difference is counted under other candidates.
- 1900 The official table's state total (56,216) is 64 more than the tickets it lists; the difference is counted under other candidates.
- 1896 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1892 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1884 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1880 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1876 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1872 Horace Greeley was the Liberal Republican nominee and was also endorsed by the Democratic Party; he is listed under the Democratic column, where the county file records his votes.
- 1872 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1868 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1864 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1860 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1856 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1852 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1848 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1844 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1840 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1836 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1832 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1828 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1824 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
- 1820 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1816 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
- 1812 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1808 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
- 1804 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
- 1800 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1796 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1792 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
SourcesMIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976–2024 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1960 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1952 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1940 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1936 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1932 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1928 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1924 ; Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 2, 1920 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1917 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1914 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1910 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1905 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1901 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1897 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1894 ; The World Almanac 1891 ; The World Almanac 1886 ; The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1878 ; The World Almanac for 1873 . How these figures were compiled
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National: Franklin Pierce · Dem
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National: James Buchanan · Dem
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National: Abraham Lincoln · Rep
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National: Abraham Lincoln · Rep
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National: Ulysses S. Grant · Rep
Reconstruction1872
Grant
National: Ulysses S. Grant · Rep
Gilded Age1876
Hayes
National: Rutherford B. Hayes · Rep
Gilded Age1880
Garfield
National: James A. Garfield · Rep
Gilded Age1884
Blaine
National: Grover Cleveland · Dem
Gilded Age1888
Harrison
National: Benjamin Harrison · Rep
Gilded Age1892
Harrison
National: Grover Cleveland · Dem
Progressive Era1896
McKinley
National: William McKinley · Rep
Progressive Era1900
McKinley
National: William McKinley · Rep
Progressive Era1904
Roosevelt
National: Theodore Roosevelt · Rep
Progressive Era1908
Taft
National: William Howard Taft · Rep
Progressive Era1912
Taft
National: Woodrow Wilson · Dem
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Hughes
National: Woodrow Wilson · Dem
Roaring Twenties1920
Harding
National: Warren G. Harding · Rep
Roaring Twenties1924
Coolidge
National: Calvin Coolidge · Rep
Roaring Twenties1928
Hoover
National: Herbert Hoover · Rep
New Deal Coalition1932
Hoover
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1936
Landon
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1940
Willkie
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1944
Dewey
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1948
Dewey
National: Harry S. Truman · Dem
New Deal Coalition1952
Eisenhower
National: Dwight D. Eisenhower · Rep
New Deal Coalition1956
Eisenhower
National: Dwight D. Eisenhower · Rep
New Deal Coalition1960
Nixon
National: John F. Kennedy · Dem
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National: Lyndon B. Johnson · Dem
Cold War Realignment1968
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National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment1972
Nixon
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment1976
Ford
National: Jimmy Carter · Dem
Cold War Realignment1980
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National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment1984
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Cold War Realignment1988
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Modern Polarization1992
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National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization1996
Clinton
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization2000
Gore
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization2004
Kerry
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization2008
Obama
National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization2012
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National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization2016
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National: Donald Trump · Rep
Modern Polarization2020
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National: Joe Biden · Dem
Modern Polarization2024
Harris
National: Donald Trump · Rep
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