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2020 presidential election in Vermont

Joe Biden (Democrat) beat Donald Trump (Republican) in Vermont in 2020, 66.1% to 30.7%, a margin of 35.4 points and 130,116 votes.

Vermont voted 31.0 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+4.5.

The Democratic hold continued from 2016, when Hillary Clinton won.

Democrats led in 13 of the 14 counties and Republicans in 1. The largest, Chittenden, cast 98,941 votes and went to the Democrat by 54.5 points. The closest was Essex, where 368 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
Joe Biden won Democratic 242,820 66.1%
Donald Trump Republican 112,704 30.7%
All other candidates 11,904 3.2%
Total367,428

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Chittenden 74,982 75.8% 21,022 21.2% 2,937 98,941 D+54.5
Washington 25,184 71.3% 8,929 25.3% 1,187 35,300 D+46.0
Windsor 23,369 67.9% 9,968 28.9% 1,099 34,436 D+38.9
Rutland 18,238 53.7% 14,675 43.2% 1,068 33,981 D+10.5
Windham 18,770 72.1% 6,442 24.7% 828 26,040 D+47.3
Franklin 13,624 52.7% 11,283 43.6% 946 25,853 D+9.1
Addison 14,977 68.0% 6,294 28.6% 764 22,035 D+39.4
Bennington 12,702 62.1% 7,112 34.8% 643 20,457 D+27.3
Orange 10,304 60.2% 6,187 36.1% 630 17,121 D+24.0
Caledonia 9,014 55.7% 6,553 40.5% 608 16,175 D+15.2
Lamoille 10,225 68.7% 4,155 27.9% 511 14,891 D+40.8
Orleans 7,146 50.7% 6,511 46.2% 437 14,094 D+4.5
Grand Isle 2,880 59.8% 1,799 37.4% 135 4,814 D+22.5
Essex 1,406 42.7% 1,774 53.9% 110 3,290 R+11.2

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