VERMONT 3 Electoral Votes 
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Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Vermont Secretary of State)
Total Resident Population, July 1, 2012 est.
626,011
Total Registration, Nov. 2012
461,237 There is no party registration in Vermont.
Vermont has: 14 counties.

Government
Governor: Peter Shumlin (D) elected in 2010; re-elected in 2012 (two-year term).
State Legislature: Vermont General Assembly   House: 150 seats  Senate: 30 seats
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U.S. House: 1I - At-Large Peter Welch (D).
U.S. Senate: Bernie Sanders (I) re-elected in 2012, Patrick Leahy (D) re-elected in 2010. 
2012
  

Governor: Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) won a second term defeating Randy Brock (R) by 57.8% to 37.6%; also running were Emily Peyton (I), Chris Ericson (USMJP) and David Eagle. 
U.S. Senate: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) defeated John MacGovern (R) by 71.65% to 25.09%; also running were Chris Ericson (USMJP), Pete Diamondstone, Peter Moss (P&P) and Laurel LaFramboise (VoteKISS).
U.S. House: Rep. Peter Welch (D) defeated Mark Donka (R) by 71.9% to 23.3%; also running were James (Sam) Desrochers (I), Jane Newton and Andre LaFramboise (VoteKISS).
State Legislature: Democrats maintained solid majorities in both chambers of the General Assembly. 
All 150 House seats and 30 Senate seats were up.  The House went from 94D, 48R, 8P and I to 96D 45R and 9P and I and Senate from 20D, 8R, 2P and I to 22D, 6R and 2P and I.

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The Green Mountain State
General Election -- Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Voting Eligible Population*: 482,677.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 67.3%.


Voter Registration Deadline: October 29, 2012.


25.27% voted absentee (76,263 of 301,793)
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Official Results >

 
Anderson/Rodriguez (Jus.)
1,128
(0.37)
Johnson/Gray (Lib.)
3,487
(1.17)
Lindsay/Osorio (PS&L)
695
(0.23)
+Obama/Biden (Dem.)
199,239
(66.57)
Romney/Ryan (Rep.)
92,698
(30.97)
w/in
2,043
(0.68)
Total........299,290

total voted: 301,793
Overview: Vermont remained solidly in the blue column, as Obama-Biden amassed a plurality of 106,541 votes (35.60 percentage points), carrying every county.  Apart from volunteers heading over to neighboring New Hampshire, the state saw little of the presidential campaign.  Mitt Romney was the only principal to visit, but Vermonters didn't see him: he did debate prep at the estate of former Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey in West Windsor on Sept. 4-6. 
Obama  |  (Romney)
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[State Primary: August 28, 2012]
Presidential Preference Primary -- Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Democrats

Official Results
Barack Obama 40,247 (98.4%)  combined write-in 675 (1.6%)
 

Republicans
17 Delegates: 3 RNC; 11 at-large; 3 by CD (3 x 1 CD).
0.74% of the 2,286 Delegates. 

Official Results
Newt Gingrich
4,949
8.1%
Jon Huntsman
1,198
2.0%
Ron Paul
15,391
25.3%
Rick Perry
544
0.9%
+Mitt Romney 24,008
39.5%
Rick Santorum
14,368
23.6%
combined write-in
392 0.6%
Total counted
60,850

Votes cast 61,537    (details)

Details of the presidential primary are set out in Vermont Statutes, Title 17, Chapter 57.

General Election -- Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Voting Eligible Population*: 487,430.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 66.7.



Total votes counted 327,301 includes 94,664 absentee voters.



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Baldwin/Castle (Const.) 500
(0.15)
Barr/Root (Lib.) 1,067
(0.33)
Calero (SWP)
150
(0.05)
La Riva/Puryear (S&L)
149
(0.05)
McCain/Palin (Rep.) 98,974
 (30.59)
Moore (Lib.Un.)
141
 (0.04)
Nader/Gonzalez (Ind.)
3,339
(1.03)
+Obama/Biden (Dem.) 219,262
(67.76)
Total........323,582

2008 Overview
Obama-Biden ticket tallied a plurality of 120,288 votes (37.17 percentage points), carrying all 14 counties.  (Vermont achieved some noteriety in March 2008 when voters in Brattleboro and Marlboro approved measures to arrest President Bush and Vice President Cheney, and it also ended up as the only state that President Bush did not visit).  There were no visits by the major party candidates in the Fall.
Obama/Allies  |  McCain/Allies  |  Nader 

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004
Voting Eligible Population*: 470,754.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 66.3.


Registered Voters: 444,077.

("This number is inflated due to statutorily mandated delay in removing names of persons who have moved to another voting district, but who have not notified the clerk in writing of the change.") 

Vermont recognizes the Democratic, Progressive, and Republican parties as major parties and the Constitution, Green, Libertarian, and Liberty Union parties as minor parties.
Official Results 

Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.)
1,102
(0.3)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
121,180
(38.8)
Calero/Hawkins (SWP)
244
+Kerry/Edwards (Dem.) 184,067 (58.9)
Nader/Camejo (Ind.) 4,494
(1.4)
Parker/Gutierrez (Lib.Un.) 265  - 
Write Ins
957
(0.3)
Total........312,309




Total Counted: 314,220

Absentee votes counted: 60,102           19.1%


2004 Overview
After the excitement of Howard Dean's bid for the Democratic nomination, the general election presidential race was a low key affair.  The Kerry-Edwards ticket easily carried the state, securing a plurality of 62,887 votes.  Kerry won 13 of 14 counties; Bush prevailed only in sparsely populated Essex County in the northeast corner of the state. 
General Election Details

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000
Voting Eligible Population*: 459,174.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 64.1.




Registered Voters: 391,303.
Official Results  


Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
 784
(0.27)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)
 2,192
(0.74)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
 119,775
(40.70)
+Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
 149,022
(50.63)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (NLP)
 219
(0.07)
Harris/Trowe (SWP)
70
 (0.02)
Lane/Wilkinson
1,044
(0.35)
McReynolds/Hollis(Lib.Un.)
161
(0.05)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)
20,374
(6.92)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)
153
(0.05)
Write Ins 
514
(0.17)
Total........294,308




Total Counted: 297,146

Absentee votes counted: 57,031      19.0%

2000 Overview
Vermont was a safe state for Gore, and the Gore-Lieberman ticket carried it with a plurality of 29,247 votes (9.93 percentage points) over Bush-Cheney.  Gore won in 10 counties; Bush carried 4.  Ralph Nader achieved one of his best showings nationwide, gaining 6.92% of the vote.  While the presidential race did not draw much resources or attention; the governor's race was hotly contested, and the issue of gay civil unions continued to color the landscape as it contributed to a dramatic shift in the state House of Representatives.
General Election Activity

1992 and 1996 General Elections








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2000
1992
Clinton (Dem.).........133,592 (46.11)
Bush (Rep.)..............88,122 (30.42)
Perot (Ind.)................65,991
 (22.78)
Others (6+w/ins).........1,996
(0.69)
Total........289,701

1996
Clinton (Dem.).........137,894 (53.35)
Dole (Rep.)...............80,352 (31.09)
Perot (Ref.)...............31,024
 (12.00)
Nader (Ind.)................5,585
(2.16)
Others (6+w/ins).........3,594
(1.39)
Total........258,449