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United States presidential elections in Vermont

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Presidential elections in Vermont
Map of the United States with Vermont highlighted
Number of elections59
Voted Democratic10
Voted Republican33
Voted Whig5
Voted Democratic-Republican6
Voted Federalist2
Voted other3[a]
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

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Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Other national
candidates[b] 		Votes Percent Electoral
Votes 		Notes
2020[1] Joe Biden 242,820 65.46 Donald Trump 112,704 30.38 — 3
2016[2] Donald Trump[c] 95,369 30.27 Hillary Clinton 178,573 56.68 — 3
2012[3] Barack Obama 199,239 66.57 Mitt Romney 92,698 30.97 — 3
2008[4] Barack Obama 219,262 67.46 John McCain 98,974 30.45 — 3
2004[5] George W. Bush 121,180 38.80 John Kerry 184,067 58.94 — 3
2000[6] George W. Bush[c] 119,775 40.70 Al Gore 149,022 50.63 — 3
1996[7] Bill Clinton 137,894 53.35 Bob Dole 80,352 31.09 Ross Perot 31,024 12.00 3
1992 Bill Clinton 133,592 46.11 George H. W. Bush 88,122 30.42 Ross Perot 65,991 22.78 3
1988 George H. W. Bush 124,331 51.10 Michael Dukakis 115,775 47.58 — 3
1984 Ronald Reagan 135,865 57.92 Walter Mondale 95,730 40.81 — 3
1980 Ronald Reagan 94,598 44.37 Jimmy Carter 81,891 38.41 John B. Anderson 31,760 14.90 3
1976 Jimmy Carter 81,044 43.14 Gerald Ford 102,085 54.34 — 3
1972 Richard Nixon 117,149 62.66 George McGovern 68,174 36.47 — 3
1968 Richard Nixon 85,142 52.75 Hubert Humphrey 70,255 43.53 George Wallace 5,104 3.16 3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson 108,127 66.30 Barry Goldwater 54,942 33.69 — 3
1960 John F. Kennedy 69,186 41.35 Richard Nixon 98,131 58.65 — 3
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower 110,390 72.16 Adlai Stevenson II 42,549 27.81 T. Coleman Andrews/
Unpledged Electors[d]		 — — 3
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower 109,717 71.45 Adlai Stevenson II 43,355 28.23 — 3
1948 Harry S. Truman 45,557 36.92 Thomas E. Dewey 75,926 61.54 Strom Thurmond — — 3
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt 53,820 42.93 Thomas E. Dewey 71,527 57.06 — 3
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt 64,269 44.92 Wendell Willkie 78,371 54.78 — 3
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt 62,124 43.24 Alf Landon 81,023 56.39 — 3
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt 56,266 41.08 Herbert Hoover 78,984 57.66 — 3
1928 Herbert Hoover 90,404 66.87 Al Smith 44,440 32.87 — 4
1924 Calvin Coolidge 80,498 78.22 John W. Davis 16,124 15.67 Robert M. La Follette 5,964 5.79 4
1920 Warren G. Harding 68,212 75.82 James M. Cox 20,919 23.25 Parley P. Christensen — — 4
1916 Woodrow Wilson 22,708 35.22 Charles E. Hughes 40,250 62.43 — 4
1912 Woodrow Wilson 15,354 24.43 Theodore Roosevelt 22,132 35.22 William H. Taft 23,332 37.13 4
1908 William H. Taft 39,552 75.08 William Jennings Bryan 11,496 21.82 — 4
1904 Theodore Roosevelt 40,459 77.97 Alton B. Parker 9,777 18.84 — 4
1900 William McKinley 42,569 75.73 William Jennings Bryan 12,849 22.86 — 4
1896 William McKinley 51,127 80.08 William Jennings Bryan 10,640 16.66 — 4
1892 Grover Cleveland 16,325 29.26 Benjamin Harrison 37,992 68.09 James B. Weaver 44 0.08 4
1888 Benjamin Harrison[c] 45,192 69.05 Grover Cleveland 16,788 25.65 — 4
1884 Grover Cleveland 17,331 29.18 James G. Blaine 39,514 66.52 — 4
1880 James A. Garfield 45,091 69.81 Winfield S. Hancock 18,182 28.15 James B. Weaver 1,212 1.88 5
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes[c] 44,091 68.30 Samuel J. Tilden 20,254 31.38 — 5
1872 Ulysses S. Grant 41,480 78.29 Horace Greeley 10,926 20.62 — 5
1868 Ulysses S. Grant 44,173 78.57 Horatio Seymour 12,051 21.43 — 5
1864 Abraham Lincoln 42,419 76.10 George B. McClellan 13,321 23.90 — 5

Election of 1860

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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

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Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Other national
candidates[b] 		Votes Percent Electoral
Votes 		Notes
1856 James Buchanan 10,577 20.84 John C. Frémont 39,561 77.96 Millard Fillmore 545 1.07 5
1852 Franklin Pierce 13,044 29.72 Winfield Scott 22,173 50.52 John P. Hale 8,621 19.64 5
1848 Zachary Taylor 23,132 48.27 Lewis Cass 10,948 22.85 Martin Van Buren 13,837 28.87 6
1844 James K. Polk 18,049 36.96 Henry Clay 26,780 54.84 — 6
1840 William Henry Harrison 32,445 63.9 Martin Van Buren 18,009 35.47 — 7
1836 Martin Van Buren 14,037 40.07 William Henry Harrison 20,994 59.93 various[e] 7
1832 Andrew Jackson 7,870 24.50 Henry Clay 11,152 34.71 William Wirt 13,106 40.79 7
1828 Andrew Jackson 8,350 25.43 John Quincy Adams 24,363 74.2 — 7

Election of 1824

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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
1824 Andrew Jackson no popular vote John Quincy Adams no popular vote Henry Clay no popular vote William H. Crawford no popular vote 7

Elections from 1792 to 1820

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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
1820 James Monroe — 8 Monroe effectively ran unopposed.
1816 James Monroe Rufus King 8
1812 James Madison DeWitt Clinton 8
1808 James Madison Charles C. Pinckney 6
1804 Thomas Jefferson Charles C. Pinckney 6
1800 Thomas Jefferson John Adams 4
1796 John Adams Thomas Jefferson 4
1792 George Washington — 3 Washington effectively ran unopposed.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ William Wirt, 1832; John Quincy Adams, 1828; George Washington, 1792.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d 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

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  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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