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1876 presidential election in Vermont

Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) beat Samuel J. Tilden (Democrat) in Vermont in 1876, 68.5% to 31.5%, a margin of 37.0 points and 23,838 votes.

Vermont voted 40.0 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.0.

The Republican hold continued from 1872, when Ulysses S. Grant won.

Republicans led in 14 of the 14 counties as they stood then. The largest, Rutland, cast 7,717 votes and went to the Republican by 35.7 points. The closest was Grand Isle, where 153 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
Rutherford B. Hayes won Republican 44,092 68.5%
Samuel J. Tilden Democratic 20,254 31.5%
Total64,346

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Rutland 2,480 32.1% 5,237 67.9% 7,717 R+35.7
Windsor 1,915 25.2% 5,671 74.8% 7,586 R+49.5
Chittenden 2,287 36.6% 3,962 63.4% 6,249 R+26.8
Washington 2,246 38.1% 3,653 61.9% 5,899 R+23.9
Windham 1,298 22.8% 4,395 77.2% 5,693 R+54.4
Franklin 1,895 37.5% 3,152 62.5% 5,047 R+24.9
Orange 1,727 35.9% 3,080 64.1% 4,807 R+28.1
Addison 835 18.1% 3,787 81.9% 4,622 R+63.9
Caledonia 1,558 35.1% 2,885 64.9% 4,443 R+29.9
Bennington 1,733 41.6% 2,428 58.4% 4,161 R+16.7
Orleans 835 22.8% 2,822 77.2% 3,657 R+54.3
Lamoille 707 27.7% 1,841 72.3% 2,548 R+44.5
Essex 467 38.2% 755 61.8% 1,222 R+23.6
Grand Isle 271 39.0% 424 61.0% 695 R+22.0

Counties as they stood in 1876; 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