Vermont

VERMONT

3 Electoral Votes

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Vermont Secretary of State)

Total Population, July 1, 2008 est.	621,270
Total Registration, Nov. 4. 2008	453,011	There is no party registration in Vermont.

Vermont has: 14 counties.

Government
Governor: Jim Douglas (R) re-elected in 2006.
State Legislature: Vermont General Assembly   House: 150 seats Senate: 30 seats
Local: Towns, Regions   NACO Counties
U.S. House: 1I - At-Large Peter Welch (D).
U.S. Senate: Bernie Sanders (I) elected in 2006, Patrick Leahy (D) re-elected in 2004.

2008 update
Governor: Gov. Jim Douglas (R) defeated Anthony Pollina (I) and House Speaker Gaye Symington (D) by 170,492 votes (53.4%) to 69,791 (21.8%) for Pollina and 69,534 (21.7%) for Symington to win a fourth two-year term.
State Legislature: Democrats maintain very solid majorities in both chambers.

The Green Mountain State

State of Vermont
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VT Democratic Party
VT Progressive Party
VT Republican Party
Constitution Party of VT
VT Green Party
VT Libertarian Party
Liberty Union Party

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Politics1-VT

General Election -- Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Voting Eligible Population*: 487,430.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 66.7.

Total votes counted 327,301 includes 94,664 absentee voters.

Official Results >
Baldwin/Castle (Const.)	500	(0.15)
Barr/Root (Lib.)	1,067	(0.33)
Calero (SWP)	150	(0.05)
La Riva/Puryear (S&L)	149	(0.05)
McCain/Palin (Rep.)	98,974	(30.59)
Moore (Lib.Un.)	141	(0.04)
Nader/Gonzalez (Ind.)	3,339	(1.03)
+Obama/Biden (Dem.)	219,262	(67.76)
Total........323,582

2008 Overview
Obama-Biden ticket tallied a plurality of 120,288 votes (37.17 percentage points), carrying all 14 counties. (Vermont achieved some noteriety in March 2008 when voters in Brattleboro and Marlboro approved measures to arrest President Bush and Vice President Cheney, and it also ended up as the only state that President Bush did not visit). There were no visits by the major party candidates in the Fall.
Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies | Nader

[Primary Election: Sept. 9, 2008]

Presidential Primary -- Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Registered Voters: 421,987. 196,576 votes counted. 26,756 (13.6%) absentee.

Democrats
23 Delegates (15 Pledged, 8 Unpledged) and 4 Alternates. >
0.57% of the 4,049 Delegate Votes. 0.54% of the 4,234 Delegate Votes.

Clinton | Obama

Official Results

Hillary Clinton
59,806

38.59%

John Edwards
1,936

1.25%

Dennis Kucinich
1,010

0.65%

+Barack Obama
91,901

59.31%

Write In Votes
307

0.20%

Total
154,960

Votes cast 155,279

Republicans
17 Delegates: 3 RNC; 11 at-large; 3 by CD (3 x 1 CD).
0.71% of the 2,380 Delegates.

Allocation: At-large and CD are winner-take-all per statewide vote.

McCain

Official Results

Rudy Giuliani
931

2.34%

Mike Huckabee
5,698

14.30%

+John McCain
28,417

71.32%

Ron Paul
2,635

6.61%

Mitt Romney
1,809

4.54%

Write In Votes
353

0.89%

Total
39,843

Votes cast 40,120

Liberty Union
Brian Moore, Florida 178 (44.6%) Write-in votes 221 (55.4%)

VT SOS: vote by phone

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004

Voting Eligible Population*: 470,754.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 66.3.

Registered Voters: 444,077.
("This number is inflated due to statutorily mandated delay in removing names of persons who have moved to another voting district, but who have not notified the clerk in writing of the change.")

Vermont recognizes the Democratic, Progressive, and Republican parties as major parties and the Constitution, Green, Libertarian, and Liberty Union parties as minor parties.

Official Results

Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.)
1,102

(0.3)

Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
121,180

(38.8)

Calero/Hawkins (SWP)
244
-

+Kerry/Edwards (Dem.) 184,067 (58.9)

Nader/Camejo (Ind.) 4,494
(1.4)

Parker/Gutierrez (Lib.Un.) 265 -

Write Ins
957

(0.3)

Total........312,309

Total Counted: 314,220

Absentee votes counted: 60,102 19.1%

2004 Overview
After the excitement of Howard Dean's bid for the Democratic nomination, the general election presidential race was a low key affair. The Kerry-Edwards ticket easily carried the state, securing a plurality of 62,887 votes. Kerry won 13 of 14 counties; Bush prevailed only in sparsely populated Essex County in the northeast corner of the state.
General Election Details

[State primary: September 14, 2004]

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000

Voting Eligible Population*: 459,174.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 64.1.

Registered Voters: 391,303.

Official Results
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)	784	(0.27)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)	2,192	(0.74)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	119,775	(40.70)
+Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)	149,022	(50.63)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (NLP)	219	(0.07)
Harris/Trowe (SWP)	70	(0.02)
Lane/Wilkinson	1,044	(0.35)
McReynolds/Hollis(Lib.Un.)	161	(0.05)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)	20,374	(6.92)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)	153	(0.05)
Write Ins	514	(0.17)
Total........294,308

Total Counted: 297,146
Absentee votes counted: 57,031 19.0%

2000 Overview
Vermont was a safe state for Gore, and the Gore-Lieberman ticket carried it with a plurality of 29,247 votes (9.93 percentage points) over Bush-Cheney. Gore won in 10 counties; Bush carried 4. Ralph Nader achieved one of his best showings nationwide, gaining 6.92% of the vote. While the presidential race did not draw much resources or attention; the governor's race was hotly contested, and the issue of gay civil unions continued to color the landscape as it contributed to a dramatic shift in the state House of Representatives.
General Election Activity

1992 and 1996 General Elections

1992

Clinton (Dem.).........133,592	(46.11)
Bush (Rep.)..............88,122	(30.42)
Perot (Ind.)................65,991	(22.78)
Others (6+w/ins).........1,996	(0.69)
Total........289,701

1996

Clinton (Dem.).........137,894	(53.35)
Dole (Rep.)...............80,352	(31.09)
Perot (Ref.)...............31,024	(12.00)
Nader (Ind.)................5,585	(2.16)
Others (6+w/ins).........3,594	(1.39)
Total........258,449

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