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1868 presidential election in Vermont

Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) beat Horatio Seymour (Democrat) in Vermont in 1868, 78.6% to 21.4%, a margin of 57.1 points and 32,122 votes.

Vermont voted 51.8 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+5.3.

Republicans led in 14 of the 14 counties as they stood then. The largest, Windsor, cast 7,222 votes and went to the Republican by 67.0 points. The closest was Grand Isle, where 216 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.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ulysses S. Grant won Republican 44,173 78.6%
Horatio Seymour Democratic 12,051 21.4%
Total56,224

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Windsor 1,192 16.5% 6,030 83.5% 7,222 R+67.0
Rutland 1,169 18.2% 5,241 81.8% 6,410 R+63.5
Windham 941 17.9% 4,311 82.1% 5,252 R+64.2
Washington 1,386 26.7% 3,799 73.3% 5,185 R+46.5
Chittenden 1,208 25.7% 3,494 74.3% 4,702 R+48.6
Orange 1,246 27.9% 3,226 72.1% 4,472 R+44.3
Caledonia 1,069 25.8% 3,078 74.2% 4,147 R+48.4
Addison 405 9.9% 3,680 90.1% 4,085 R+80.2
Franklin 1,039 26.6% 2,869 73.4% 3,908 R+46.8
Bennington 885 25.5% 2,592 74.5% 3,477 R+49.1
Orleans 615 17.8% 2,840 82.2% 3,455 R+64.4
Lamoille 458 19.6% 1,881 80.4% 2,339 R+60.8
Essex 283 27.1% 761 72.9% 1,044 R+45.8
Grand Isle 155 29.5% 371 70.5% 526 R+41.1

Counties as they stood in 1868; 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 in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kamala Harris (D) D+31.5
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+35.4
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+26.4
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+35.6
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+37.0
2004 John Kerry (D) D+20.1
2000 Al Gore (D) D+9.9
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+22.3
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+15.7
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+17.1
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+6.0
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+11.2
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+26.2
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.2
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+32.6
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+17.3
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+44.4
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+43.3
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+24.6
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+14.1
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+9.9
1936 Alf Landon (R) R+13.2
1932 Herbert Hoover (R) R+16.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+34.0
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+62.5
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+52.6
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+27.2
1912 William Howard Taft (R) R+12.7
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+53.3
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+59.1
1900 William McKinley (R) R+52.9
1896 William McKinley (R) R+63.4
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+38.8
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+43.4
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+37.4
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+41.9
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+37.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+57.7
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+57.1