Presidential elections in Vermont
Map of the United States with Vermont highlighted
Number of elections58
Voted Democratic9
Voted Republican33
Voted Whig5
Voted Democratic-Republican6
Voted Federalist2
Voted other3[lower-alpha 1]
Voted for winning candidate36
Voted for losing candidate22

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Vermont, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1791, Vermont has participated in every U.S. presidential election.

Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

Elections from 1864 to present

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Other national
candidates[lower-alpha 2]
Votes Percent Electoral
Votes
Notes
2020[1]Joe Biden242,82065.46Donald Trump112,70430.38 3
2016[2]Donald Trump[lower-alpha 3]95,36930.27Hillary Clinton178,57356.68 3
2012[3]Barack Obama199,23966.57Mitt Romney92,69830.97 3
2008[4]Barack Obama219,26267.46John McCain98,97430.45 3
2004[5]George W. Bush121,18038.80John Kerry184,06758.94 3
2000[6]George W. Bush[lower-alpha 3]119,77540.70Al Gore149,02250.63 3
1996[7]Bill Clinton137,89453.35Bob Dole80,35231.09Ross Perot31,02412.003
1992Bill Clinton133,59246.11George H. W. Bush88,12230.42Ross Perot65,99122.783
1988George H. W. Bush124,33151.10Michael Dukakis115,77547.58 3
1984Ronald Reagan135,86557.92Walter Mondale95,73040.81 3
1980Ronald Reagan94,59844.37Jimmy Carter81,89138.41John B. Anderson31,76014.903
1976Jimmy Carter81,04443.14Gerald Ford102,08554.34 3
1972Richard Nixon117,14962.66George McGovern68,17436.47 3
1968Richard Nixon85,14252.75Hubert Humphrey70,25543.53George Wallace5,1043.163
1964Lyndon B. Johnson108,12766.30Barry Goldwater54,94233.69 3
1960John F. Kennedy69,18641.35Richard Nixon98,13158.65 3
1956Dwight D. Eisenhower110,39072.16Adlai Stevenson II42,54927.81T. Coleman Andrews/
Unpledged Electors[lower-alpha 4]
3
1952Dwight D. Eisenhower109,71771.45Adlai Stevenson II43,35528.23 3
1948Harry S. Truman45,55736.92Thomas E. Dewey75,92661.54Strom Thurmond 3
1944Franklin D. Roosevelt53,82042.93Thomas E. Dewey71,52757.06 3
1940Franklin D. Roosevelt64,26944.92Wendell Willkie78,37154.78 3
1936Franklin D. Roosevelt62,12443.24Alf Landon81,02356.39 3
1932Franklin D. Roosevelt56,26641.08Herbert Hoover78,98457.66 3
1928Herbert Hoover90,40466.87Al Smith44,44032.87 4
1924Calvin Coolidge80,49878.22John W. Davis16,12415.67Robert M. La Follette5,9645.794
1920Warren G. Harding68,21275.82James M. Cox20,91923.25Parley P. Christensen 4
1916Woodrow Wilson22,70835.22Charles E. Hughes40,25062.43 4
1912Woodrow Wilson15,35424.43Theodore Roosevelt22,13235.22William H. Taft23,33237.134
1908William H. Taft39,55275.08William Jennings Bryan11,49621.82 4
1904Theodore Roosevelt40,45977.97Alton B. Parker9,77718.84 4
1900William McKinley42,56975.73William Jennings Bryan12,84922.86 4
1896William McKinley51,12780.08William Jennings Bryan10,64016.66 4
1892Grover Cleveland16,32529.26Benjamin Harrison37,99268.09James B. Weaver440.084
1888Benjamin Harrison[lower-alpha 3]45,19269.05Grover Cleveland16,78825.65 4
1884Grover Cleveland17,33129.18James G. Blaine39,51466.52 4
1880James A. Garfield45,09169.81Winfield S. Hancock18,18228.15James B. Weaver1,2121.885
1876Rutherford B. Hayes[lower-alpha 3]44,09168.30Samuel J. Tilden20,25431.38 5
1872Ulysses S. Grant41,48078.29Horace Greeley10,92620.62 5
1868Ulysses S. Grant44,17378.57Horatio Seymour12,05121.43 5
1864Abraham Lincoln42,41976.10George B. McClellan13,32123.90 5

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Electoral
Votes
1860 Abraham Lincoln 33,808 75.86 Stephen A. Douglas 8,649 19.41 John C. Breckinridge 1,866 4.19 John Bell 217 0.49 5

Elections from 1828 to 1856

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Other national
candidates[lower-alpha 2]
Votes Percent Electoral
Votes
Notes
1856James Buchanan10,57720.84John C. Frémont39,56177.96Millard Fillmore5451.075
1852Franklin Pierce13,04429.72Winfield Scott22,17350.52John P. Hale8,62119.645
1848Zachary Taylor23,13248.27Lewis Cass10,94822.85Martin Van Buren13,83728.876
1844James K. Polk18,04936.96Henry Clay26,78054.84 6
1840William Henry Harrison32,44563.9Martin Van Buren18,00935.47 7
1836Martin Van Buren14,03740.07William Henry Harrison20,99459.93various[lower-alpha 5]7
1832Andrew Jackson7,87024.50Henry Clay11,15234.71William Wirt13,10640.797
1828Andrew Jackson8,35025.43John Quincy Adams24,36374.2 7

Election of 1824

The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes (Andrew Jackson) did not become President, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Electoral
Votes
1824Andrew Jacksonno popular voteJohn Quincy Adamsno popular voteHenry Clayno popular voteWilliam H. Crawfordno popular vote7

Elections from 1792 to 1820

In the election of 1820, incumbent President James Monroe ran effectively unopposed, winning all eight of Vermont’s electoral votes, and all electoral votes nationwide except one vote in New Hampshire. To the extent that a popular vote was held, it was primarily directed to filling the office of Vice President.

Year Winner (nationally) Runner-up (nationally) Electoral
Votes
Notes
1820James Monroe 8Monroe effectively ran unopposed.
1816James MonroeRufus King8
1812James MadisonDeWitt Clinton8
1808James MadisonCharles C. Pinckney6
1804Thomas JeffersonCharles C. Pinckney6
1800Thomas JeffersonJohn Adams4
1796John AdamsThomas Jefferson4
1792George Washington 3Washington effectively ran unopposed.

See also

Notes

  1. William Wirt, 1832; John Quincy Adams, 1828; George Washington, 1792.
  2. 1 2 For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
  4. Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina
  5. Three other candidates ran and received electoral votes nationally as part of the unsuccessful Whig strategy to defeat Martin Van Buren by running four candidates with local appeal in different regions of the country. The others were Hugh Lawson White, Daniel Webster, and Willie Person Mangum. None of these candidates appeared on the ballot in Vermont.

References

  1. "General official results" (PDF). sos.vermont.gov. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  2. 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
  3. 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
  4. 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
  5. "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. May 2005.
  6. "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  7. "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
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