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1912 presidential election in Vermont

William Howard Taft (Republican) beat Theodore Roosevelt (independent) in Vermont in 1912, 37.1% to 35.2%, a margin of 1.9 points and 1,200 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1908, when William Howard Taft also won.

other candidates led in 8 of the 14 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 5 and Democrats in 1. The largest, Rutland, cast 8,084 votes and went to the other candidates by 0.1 points. The closest was Grand Isle, where 0 votes separated the top two.

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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
William Howard Taft won Republican 23,332 37.1%
Theodore Roosevelt Progressive 22,132 35.2%
Woodrow Wilson Democratic 15,354 24.4%
All other candidates 2,023 3.2%
Total62,841

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Rutland 2,079 25.7% 2,999 37.1% 3,006 8,084 Others
Washington 1,743 26.2% 2,797 42.1% 2,103 6,643 R+15.9
Windsor 1,302 20.5% 2,409 37.9% 2,637 6,348 Others
Chittenden 2,266 35.7% 2,368 37.4% 1,705 6,339 R+1.6
Windham 1,327 23.9% 2,143 38.6% 2,087 5,557 R+14.7
Caledonia 1,065 22.5% 1,583 33.5% 2,081 4,729 Others
Franklin 1,317 31.1% 1,433 33.9% 1,482 4,232 Others
Orleans 628 15.7% 1,475 36.8% 1,908 4,011 Others
Bennington 1,057 26.4% 1,464 36.5% 1,485 4,006 Others
Addison 621 15.7% 1,835 46.3% 1,506 3,962 R+30.6
Orange 956 25.8% 1,289 34.8% 1,458 3,703 Others
Lamoille 431 18.7% 852 36.9% 1,026 2,309 Others
Essex 348 29.6% 463 39.4% 363 1,174 R+9.8
Grand Isle 210 34.3% 193 31.5% 210 613 D+2.8

Counties as they stood in 1912; 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