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A brief history of electoral competition for President in Vermont

Between 1848 and 2024, the Republican Party dominated in securing the President's seat in Vermont. The Republican Party won 32 out of 43 general elections -- a 74% rate of victory.

In general, elections for this office during these 176 years turned out an average of 4.8 contenders for the seat. The oft-victorious Republican Party's primaries showed, on average, 5.2 candidates vying for the nomination.

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Year Office District Stage Candidates
2024 President Statewide Democratic Primary
Joseph R. Biden, Jr won (85%) against 5 opponents. Candidates »
2024 President Statewide Republican Primary
Nikki Haley won (50%) against 5 opponents. Candidates »
2020 President Statewide General Election
Joseph R. Biden won (66%) against 21 opponents. Candidates »
2020 President Statewide Democratic Primary
Bernie Sanders won (51%) against 12 opponents. Candidates »
2020 President Statewide Republican Primary
Donald J. Trump won (88%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
2016 President Statewide General Election
Hillary Clinton won (57%) against 6 opponents. Candidates »
2016 President Statewide Democratic Primary
Bernie Sanders won (86%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
2016 President Statewide Republican Primary
Donald J. Trump won (33%) against 9 opponents. Candidates »
2012 President Statewide General Election
Barack Obama won (67%) against 4 opponents. Candidates »
2012 President Statewide Democratic Primary
Barack Obama won against no opponents. Candidates »
2012 President Statewide Republican Primary
Mitt Romney won (39%) against 5 opponents. Candidates »
2008 President Statewide General Election
Barack Obama won (67%) against 7 opponents. Candidates »
2008 President Statewide Democratic Primary
Barack Obama won (59%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
2008 President Statewide Republican Primary
John McCain won (71%) against 4 opponents. Candidates »
2004 President Statewide General Election
John F. Kerry won (59%) against 5 opponents. Candidates »
2004 President Statewide Democratic Primary
Howard Dean won (53%) against 5 opponents. Candidates »
2004 President Statewide Republican Primary
George Bush won against no opponents. Candidates »
2000 President Statewide General Election
Al Gore won (51%) against 9 opponents. Candidates »
2000 President Statewide Democratic Primary
Al Gore won (54%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
2000 President Statewide Republican Primary
John McCain won (60%) against 4 opponents. Candidates »
1996 President Statewide General Election
Bill Clinton won (53%) against 9 opponents. Candidates »
1996 President Statewide Democratic Primary
Bill Clinton won (97%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1996 President Statewide Republican Primary
Bob Dole won (40%) against 6 opponents. Candidates »
1996 President Statewide Liberty Union Primary
Mary Cal Hollis won against no opponents. Candidates »
1992 President Statewide General Election
Bill Clinton won (46%) against 8 opponents. Candidates »
1988 President Statewide General Election
George Bush won (51%) against 8 opponents. Candidates »
1988 President Statewide Democratic Primary
Michael S. Dukakis won (56%) against 4 opponents. Candidates »
1988 President Statewide Republican Primary
George Bush won (48%) against 5 opponents. Candidates »
1984 President Statewide General Election
Ronald Reagan won (58%) against 6 opponents. Candidates »
1984 President Statewide Democratic Primary
Gary Hart won (70%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1980 President Statewide General Election
Ronald Reagan won (44%) against 4 opponents. Candidates »
1980 President Statewide Democratic Primary
Jimmy Carter won (73%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1980 President Statewide Republican Primary
Ronald Reagan won (30%) against 4 opponents. Candidates »
1980 President Statewide Liberty Union Primary
Earl S. Gardner won (45%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1976 President Statewide General Election
Gerald R. Ford won (55%) against 4 opponents. Candidates »
1976 President Statewide Democratic Primary
Jimmy Carter won (46%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1976 President Statewide Republican Primary
Gerald R. Ford won (85%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1976 President Statewide Liberty Union Primary
Margaret Wright won against no opponents. Candidates »
1972 President Statewide General Election
Richard Nixon won (63%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1968 President Statewide General Election
Richard Nixon won (53%) against 4 opponents. Candidates »
1964 President Statewide General Election
Lyndon Baines Johnson won (66%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1960 President Statewide General Election
Richard Milhous Nixon won (59%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1956 President Statewide General Election
Dwight David Eisenhower won (72%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1952 President Statewide General Election
Dwight D. Eisenhower won (72%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1948 President Statewide General Election
Thomas E. Dewey won (62%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1944 President Statewide General Election
Thomas E. Dewey won (57%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1940 President Statewide General Election
Wendell Lewis Willkie won (55%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1936 President Statewide General Election
Alfred Mossman Landon won (57%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1932 President Statewide General Election
Herbert Clark Hoover won (58%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1928 President Statewide General Election
Herbert Clark Hoover won (67%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1924 President Statewide General Election
John Calvin Coolidge won (78%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1920 President Statewide General Election
Warren G. Harding won (76%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1916 President Statewide General Election
Charles Evans Hughes won (62%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1912 President Statewide General Election
William Howard Taft won (37%) against 4 opponents. Candidates »
1904 President Statewide General Election
Theodore Roosevelt won (78%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1900 President Statewide General Election
William McKinley won (76%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1896 President Statewide General Election
William McKinley won (81%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1892 President Statewide General Election
Benjamin Harrison won (68%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1888 President Statewide General Election
Benjamin Harrison won (69%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1884 President Statewide General Election
James Blaine won (66%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1880 President Statewide General Election
James Garfield won (70%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1876 President Statewide General Election
Rutherford B. Hayes won (69%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1872 President Statewide General Election
Ulysses S. Grant won (79%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1868 President Statewide General Election
Ulysses S. Grant won (79%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1864 President Statewide General Election
Abraham Lincoln won (76%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1860 President Statewide General Election
Abraham Lincoln won (75%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1856 President Statewide General Election
John C. Fremont won (78%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1852 President Statewide General Election
Winfield Scott won (51%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1848 President Statewide General Election
Zachary Taylor won (48%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »