United States presidential elections in Vermont

Presidential elections in Vermont

Number of elections	58
Voted Democratic	9
Voted Republican	33
Voted Whig	5
Voted Democratic-Republican	6
Voted Federalist	2
Voted other	3 [lower-alpha 1]
Voted for winning candidate	36
Voted for losing candidate	22

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 Biden	242,820	65.46	Donald Trump	112,704	30.38	—			3
2016 [2]	Donald Trump [lower-alpha 3]	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 [lower-alpha 3]	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 [lower-alpha 4]	—	—	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 [lower-alpha 3]	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 [lower-alpha 3]	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

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
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 [lower-alpha 5]			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

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

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

• Elections in Vermont

Notes

1. William Wirt, 1832; John Quincy Adams, 1828; George Washington, 1792.
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. 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.