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1980 Vermont governor election

Richard A. Snelling (Republican) beat M. Jerome Diamond (Democrat) in Vermont in 1980, 58.6% to 36.8%, a margin of 21.8 points and 45,866 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1978, when Richard A. Snelling also won.

Republicans led in 13 of the 14 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, Chittenden, cast 46,357 votes and went to the Republican by 19.1 points. The closest was Grand Isle, where 177 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Richard A. Snelling won Republican 123,229 58.6%
M. Jerome Diamond Democratic 77,363 36.8%
All other candidates 9,789 4.7%
Total210,381

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Chittenden 17,880 38.6% 26,720 57.6% 1,757 46,357 R+19.1
Rutland 8,145 34.0% 14,636 61.0% 1,209 23,990 R+27.1
Washington 9,124 40.0% 12,565 55.1% 1,108 22,797 R+15.1
Windsor 7,111 31.5% 14,734 65.3% 725 22,570 R+33.8
Windham 5,005 30.6% 10,616 64.9% 731 16,352 R+34.3
Franklin 6,380 47.9% 5,722 43.0% 1,206 13,308 D+4.9
Bennington 4,062 30.6% 8,661 65.3% 546 13,269 R+34.7
Addison 4,128 35.9% 6,933 60.3% 444 11,505 R+24.4
Caledonia 4,207 40.5% 5,601 53.9% 574 10,382 R+13.4
Orange 3,047 32.8% 5,865 63.1% 389 9,301 R+30.3
Orleans 4,067 44.5% 4,676 51.2% 395 9,138 R+6.7
Lamoille 2,205 32.4% 4,076 59.8% 532 6,813 R+27.5
Essex 1,003 43.4% 1,248 54.0% 60 2,311 R+10.6
Grand Isle 999 43.7% 1,176 51.4% 113 2,288 R+7.7

Counties as they stood in 1980; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Vermont governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Phil Scott (R) R+51.7
2022 Phil Scott (R) R+47.3
2020 Phil Scott (R) R+41.1
2018 Phil Scott (R) R+14.9
2016 Phil Scott (R) R+8.7
2014 Peter Shumlin (D) D+1.3
2012 Peter Shumlin (D) D+20.2
2010 Peter Shumlin (D) D+1.8
2008 Jim Douglas (R) R+31.6
2006 Jim Douglas (R) R+15.2
2004 Jim Douglas (R) R+20.8
2002 Jim Douglas (R) R+2.6
2000 Howard Dean (D) D+12.5
1998 Howard B. Dean (D) D+14.5
1996 Howard B. Dean (D) D+48.1
1994 Howard Dean (D) D+50.0
1992 Howard B. Dean (D) D+51.7
1990 Richard A. Snelling (R) R+5.8
1988 Madeline Kunin (D) D+12.0
1986 Madeleine M. Kunin (D) D+8.8
1984 Madeline Kunin (D) D+1.6
1982 Richard A. Snelling (R) R+11.1
1980 Richard A. Snelling (R) R+21.8
1978 Richard A. Snelling (R) R+28.7
1976 Richard A. Snelling (R) R+12.9
1974 Thomas P. Salmon (D) D+18.5
1972 Thomas P. Salmon (D) D+11.6
1970 Deane C. Davis (R) R+14.0
1968 Deane C. Davis (R) R+11.0
1966 Philip H. Hoff (D) D+15.5
1964 Philip H. Hoff (D) D+29.9
1962 Philip H. Hoff (D) D+1.1
1960 F. Ray Keyser Jr. (R) R+12.8
1958 Robert T. Stafford (R) R+0.6
1956 Joseph B. Johnson (R) R+14.9
1954 Joseph B. Johnson (R) R+4.6
1952 Lee E. Emerson (R) R+12.1
1950 Lee Earl Emerson (R) R+49.0
1948 Ernest W. Gibson Jr. (R) R+43.9
1946 Ernest W. Gibson Jr. (R) R+60.7
1944 Mortimer R. Proctor (R) R+31.8
1942 William H. Wills (R) R+55.8
1940 William H. Wills (R) R+28.1
1938 George David Aiken (R) R+33.5
1936 George David Aiken (R) R+22.1
1934 Charles M. Smith (R) R+15.4
1932 Stanley C. Wilson (R) R+24.8
1930 Stanley C. Wilson (R) R+42.0
1928 John E. Weeks (R) R+47.5
1926 John E. Weeks (R) R+21.7
1924 Franklin S. Billings (R) R+60.5
1922 Redfield Proctor Jr. (R) R+49.8
1920 James Hartness (R) R+56.2
1918 Percival W. Clement (R) R+34.3
1916 Horace F. Graham (R) R+45.2
1914 Charles W. Gates (R) R+33.5
1912 Allen M. Fletcher (R) R+9.6
1910 John A. Mead (R) R+32.5
1908 George H. Prouty (R) R+46.0
1906 Fletcher D. Proctor (R) R+21.9
1904 Charles J. Bell (R) R+47.4
1902 John G. McCullough (R) R+35.0
1900 William W. Stickney (R) R+46.6
1898 Edward C. Smith (R) R+43.9
1896 Josiah Grout (R) R+55.2
1894 Urban A. Woodbury (R) R+49.2
1890 Carroll S. Page (R) R+26.1
1888 William P. Dillingham (R) R+41.8
1886 Ebenezer J. Ormsbee (R) R+36.0
1884 Samuel E. Pingree (R) R+35.9
1882 John L. Barstow (R) R+41.2
1880 Roswell Farnham (R) R+37.6
1878 Redfield Proctor (R) R+34.6
1876 Horace Fairbanks (R) R+36.1
1874 Asahel Peck (R) R+43.4
1872 Julius Converse (R) R+43.3
1870 John W. Stewart (R) R+46.9
1869 Peter T. Washburn (R) R+47.1
1868 John B. Page (R) R+47.2
1867 John B. Page (R) R+46.7
1866 Paul Dillingham Jr. (R) R+50.3
1865 Paul Dillingham Jr. (R) R+51.4